Salary for Senior-level / Expert Consultant in United States during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Consultant in United States during 2025 is USD 151,400

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Consultant salary lies between USD 115,000 and USD 203,060 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
Senior-level / Expert
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
300
Top 10%
$ 239,009
Top 25%
$ 203,060
Median
$ 151,400
Bottom 25%
$ 115,000
Bottom 10%
$ 88,462

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 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 | 835 jobs Compliance | 619 jobs CISSP | 564 jobs Risk management | 419 jobs Computer Science | 405 jobs NIST | 400 jobs CISM | 384 jobs Governance | 377 jobs Strategy | 373 jobs Azure | 331 jobs ISO 27001 | 327 jobs Risk assessment | 326 jobs Audits | 319 jobs Incident response | 308 jobs CISA | 304 jobs AWS | 301 jobs Vulnerabilities | 282 jobs Privacy | 280 jobs C | 252 jobs Monitoring | 248 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 | 915 jobs Health care | 405 jobs Flex hours | 347 jobs Team events | 341 jobs Medical leave | 279 jobs Competitive pay | 276 jobs Salary bonus | 242 jobs Startup environment | 213 jobs Equity / stock options | 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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