Consultant, H-1B salary
What 21,054 H-1B filings report for “Consultant” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Consultant?
$81k median H-1B base salary for a Consultant, typically $61k to $160k, across 21,054 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026). Highest in District of Columbia at $165k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1District of Columbia153$165k+$84k
- 2Maryland207$105k+$24k
- 3Massachusetts1,067$100k+$19k
- 4New York1,894$97k+$16k
- 5California2,987$97k+$16k
- 6Washington750$90k+$9k
- 7New Jersey1,318$86k+$5k
- 8Texas2,444$83k+$2k
- 9Illinois1,774$83k+$2k
- 10Colorado228$82k+$1k
- 11Georgia925$80k−$1k
- 12Nebraska26$80k−$1k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $81kfor the same title. States with at least 20 filings, so a median is not built on a handful of rows.
Which companies sponsor H-1B for a Consultant?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Consultant roles are Deloitte, Wipro, BCG, IBM, and Genpact, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Consultant filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1Deloitte8,974 filings$71k
- 2Wipro2,756 filings$76k
- 3BCG2,102 filings$173k
- 4IBM715 filings$82k
- 5Genpact581 filings$84k
- 6Bain & Company429 filings$165k
- 7Sonata Software389 filings$74k
- 8Tata Consultancy Services360 filings$69k
- 9LatentView Analytics306 filings$120k
- 10TransUnion228 filings$87k
- 11Accenture185 filings$98k
- 12IQVIA166 filings$110k
- 13L.E.K. Consulting155 filings$175k
- 14Oracle112 filings$101k
- 15Datacore Systems80 filings$90k
- 16Brillio78 filings$90k
- 17Capgemini77 filings$68k
- 18LTIMindtree62 filings$90k
- 19Affine60 filings$105k
- 20Highmark Health56 filings$95k
- 21Matrix-IFS53 filings$110k
- 22Synopsys50 filings$83k
- 23Slalom50 filings$113k
- 24Saama48 filings$89k
- 25Tredence43 filings$100k
- 26Oliver Wyman42 filings$85k
- 27FTI Consulting40 filings$83k
- 28HCLTech39 filings$78k
- 29Birlasoft39 filings$80k
- 30Highpoint Solutions34 filings$94k
- 31Tenarai34 filings$94k
- 32NERA Economic Consulting34 filings$150k
- 33Capco33 filings$86k
- 34EXL32 filings$85k
- 35Excelacom31 filings$100k
- 36Techland31 filings$98k
- 37Techpillars31 filings$70k
- 38Tango Management Consulting31 filings$79k
- 39Microsoft31 filings$118k
- 40Guidehouse29 filings$65k
- 41Red Clay Consulting27 filings$82k
- 42Clarity Solution Group26 filings$93k
- 43Mythics25 filings$109k
- 44Balboa Bay Partners25 filings$120k
- 45Syneos Health25 filings$94k
- 46PA Consulting Group24 filings$93k
- 47Prolifics23 filings$101k
- 48Newton Consulting22 filings$70k
- 49System Soft Technologies22 filings$80k
- 50ClearView Healthcare Partners22 filings$123k
Related titles in this family
228,639 filings carry “Consultant” in the title, across 19,881 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Senior Consultant20,661 filings$97k
- 2Applications Consultant 27,676 filings$89k
- 3Applications Consultant 36,807 filings$114k
- 4Consultant - Us6,037 filings$77k
- 5Technical Consultant4,818 filings$94k
- 6SAP Consultant4,451 filings$94k
- 7Test Consultant 24,343 filings$74k
- 8Principal Consultant3,909 filings$113k
- 9Lead Consultant - Us3,854 filings$103k
- 10Senior Technical Consultant3,444 filings$113k
- 11Advisory Senior Consultant3,169 filings$84k
- 12IT Consultant2,945 filings$89k
Figures are for the exact title “Consultant”; for a rare title we widen to the closest related titles (flagged above when that happens). To benchmark a specific offer by employer and state, use Salary Check.