Management analysts (consultants) advise organizations on how to improve efficiency and profitability. Based on 20,585 certified H-1B and PERM filings from U.S. Department of Labor disclosure data, the median sponsored salary for a Management Consultant is $115,450 per year.
| Percentile | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| 10th (entry) | $62,733 |
| 25th | $81,827 |
| 50th (median) | $115,450 |
| 75th | $150,000 |
| 90th (senior) | $195,000 |
Every other salary site shows the LCA-posted wage — the wage for the position. Using USCIS I-129 petition data, we can compare that against the actual pay the sponsored worker received, and the prevailing-wage floor, across 6,506 matched Management Consultants petitions.
The median worker is paid 3.2% above the posted LCA wage, but the mean actual pay runs 2.4% above the mean posted wage — so the upside is concentrated in the top earners. 27.7% are paid above their posted wage, 68.5% at it, and 3.8% below.
Actual-pay data covers FY2021–FY2024 cap-subject H-1B lottery petitions matched to certified LCAs (aggregates only). Base wage excludes equity and bonuses, so it is not total compensation. Source: I-129 petition data sourced from USCIS, obtained by Bloomberg.
Of 20,585 filings, 3,298 are H-1B (temporary work visa) and 17,287 are PERM (green-card labor certification, 84% of the total).
| # | Employer | Filings | Avg. salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McKinsey & Company, Inc. United States | 1,671 | $156,686 |
| 2 | Boston Consulting Group, Inc. | 1,587 | $189,555 |
| 3 | ERNST & YOUNG LLP | 807 | $144,493 |
| 4 | Bain Company, Inc. | 501 | $172,818 |
| 5 | PricewatehouseCoopers Advisory Services LLC | 495 | $158,169 |
| 6 | Deloitte LLP | 319 | $129,319 |
| 7 | A.T. Kearney | 267 | $160,746 |
| 8 | Microsoft Corporation | 232 | $147,577 |
| 9 | Google LLC | 181 | $139,986 |
| 10 | Uber Technologies, Inc. | 181 | $125,993 |
| 11 | AlixPartners, LLP | 146 | $162,131 |
| 12 | AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC. | 145 | $100,469 |
| 13 | COMPUNNEL SOFTWARE GROUP, INC | 125 | $104,521 |
| 14 | PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS | 118 | $132,334 |
| 15 | IBM CORPORATION | 111 | $122,681 |
| 16 | WIPRO LIMITED | 102 | $115,128 |
| 17 | KPMG LLP | 101 | $123,712 |
| 18 | Oliver Wyman, Inc. | 95 | $167,401 |
| 19 | BOOZ & COMPANY (N.A.) INC. | 94 | $146,757 |
| 20 | MU SIGMA INC., | 91 | $84,273 |
| State | Filings | Avg. salary |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 3,673 | $136,666 |
| California | 3,496 | $115,449 |
| New Jersey | 1,624 | $110,282 |
| Massachusetts | 1,422 | $143,134 |
| Texas | 1,383 | $108,344 |
| Illinois | 1,321 | $125,552 |
| Florida | 1,194 | $93,566 |
| Washington | 557 | $123,776 |
| Virginia | 549 | $97,801 |
| Pennsylvania | 490 | $111,331 |
| Georgia | 329 | $104,023 |
| North Carolina | 192 | $101,609 |
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Salaries are the certified offered annual wage on public U.S. Department of Labor H-1B (LCA) and PERM disclosure filings, not a guarantee of pay. Occupation is the DOL-assigned Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code.