Salary for Senior-level / Expert Consultant during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Consultant during 2025 is USD 151,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 362 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Consultant salary lies between USD 100,000 and USD 198,000 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
Senior-level / Expert
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
362
Top 10%
$ 237,100
Top 25%
$ 198,000
Median
$ 151,000
Bottom 25%
$ 100,000
Bottom 10%
$ 72,000

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 Senior-level / Expert Consultant roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert 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 | 831 jobs Compliance | 614 jobs CISSP | 560 jobs Risk management | 418 jobs Computer Science | 405 jobs NIST | 397 jobs CISM | 382 jobs Governance | 376 jobs Strategy | 369 jobs Azure | 326 jobs Risk assessment | 324 jobs ISO 27001 | 324 jobs Audits | 318 jobs Incident response | 304 jobs CISA | 304 jobs AWS | 298 jobs Vulnerabilities | 279 jobs Privacy | 279 jobs C | 252 jobs Monitoring | 244 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Consultant roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert 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 | 909 jobs Health care | 405 jobs Flex hours | 346 jobs Team events | 337 jobs Medical leave | 279 jobs Competitive pay | 276 jobs Salary bonus | 242 jobs Equity / stock options | 212 jobs Startup environment | 212 jobs Insurance | 169 jobs Flex vacation | 160 jobs Parental leave | 134 jobs Conferences | 112 jobs Wellness | 57 jobs 401(k) matching | 56 jobs Travel | 30 jobs Transparency | 30 jobs Flexible spending account | 22 jobs Gear | 19 jobs Fertility benefits | 18 jobs

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