Consultant Salary in United States during 2025

💰 The median Consultant Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 147,937

✏️ This salary info is based on 140 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Consultant salary lies between USD 103,711 and USD 190,000 in the United States. 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
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
140
Top 10%
$ 216,300
Top 25%
$ 190,000
Median
$ 147,937
Bottom 25%
$ 103,711
Bottom 10%
$ 72,500

Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). 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 | 420 jobs Compliance | 328 jobs CISSP | 293 jobs Risk management | 224 jobs Computer Science | 221 jobs Strategy | 203 jobs Governance | 196 jobs CISM | 194 jobs NIST | 193 jobs Incident response | 192 jobs Audits | 186 jobs Risk assessment | 185 jobs ISO 27001 | 177 jobs C | 177 jobs Vulnerabilities | 166 jobs CISA | 158 jobs Monitoring | 153 jobs Azure | 151 jobs Privacy | 145 jobs AWS | 138 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, Flex hours and Health care. 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 | 442 jobs Flex hours | 196 jobs Health care | 195 jobs Team events | 185 jobs Competitive pay | 138 jobs Medical leave | 122 jobs Salary bonus | 113 jobs Equity / stock options | 104 jobs Startup environment | 98 jobs Insurance | 87 jobs Flex vacation | 72 jobs Parental leave | 62 jobs Conferences | 62 jobs Wellness | 36 jobs 401(k) matching | 30 jobs Transparency | 27 jobs Travel | 20 jobs Flexible spending account | 16 jobs Home office stipend | 11 jobs Gear | 7 jobs

Related salaries

Consultant @ $ 57,894 (global) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Consultant @ $ 101,500 (global) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Consultant @ $ 128,000 (global) Details
Consultant @ $ 149,100 (global) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Consultant @ $ 110,099 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Consultant @ $ 151,000 (United States) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Consultant @ $ 57,894 (Germany) Details
Consultant @ $ 102,500 (Canada) Details

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