Consultant Salary in 2025

💰 The median Consultant Salary in 2025 is USD 144,600

✏️ This salary info is based on 354 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Consultant salary lies between USD 94,736 and USD 193,400 globally. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.

Job title
Consultant
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
354
Top 10%
$ 220,700
Top 25%
$ 193,400
Median
$ 144,600
Bottom 25%
$ 94,736
Bottom 10%
$ 63,157

All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Consultant roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Consultant job listings are Cloud, Compliance and CISSP. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Cloud | 955 jobs Compliance | 720 jobs CISSP | 659 jobs Risk management | 490 jobs Computer Science | 486 jobs NIST | 469 jobs CISM | 444 jobs Strategy | 437 jobs Governance | 429 jobs ISO 27001 | 414 jobs C | 402 jobs Audits | 397 jobs Privacy | 376 jobs Vulnerabilities | 365 jobs Risk assessment | 364 jobs Incident response | 362 jobs Azure | 351 jobs CISA | 348 jobs AWS | 336 jobs Monitoring | 316 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Consultant roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Consultant job listings are Career development, Health care and Flex hours. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 962 jobs Health care | 431 jobs Flex hours | 421 jobs Team events | 387 jobs Competitive pay | 309 jobs Medical leave | 240 jobs Salary bonus | 238 jobs Startup environment | 215 jobs Equity / stock options | 213 jobs Insurance | 181 jobs Flex vacation | 167 jobs Parental leave | 147 jobs Conferences | 144 jobs Wellness | 67 jobs 401(k) matching | 58 jobs Transparency | 54 jobs Travel | 39 jobs Flexible spending account | 28 jobs Home office stipend | 26 jobs Gear | 21 jobs

Related salaries

Consultant @ $ 151,400 (global) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Consultant @ $ 63,157 (global) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Consultant @ $ 109,000 (global) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Consultant @ $ 151,400 (United States) Details
Consultant @ $ 159,552 (United States) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Consultant @ $ 119,045 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Consultant @ $ 86,200 (United States) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Consultant @ $ 53,684 (Netherlands) Details
Consultant @ $ 61,683 (Germany) Details
Consultant @ $ 96,500 (Canada) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Consultant @ $ 106,607 (Canada) Details
Consultant @ $ 125,000 (Canada) - Senior-level / Expert Details

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