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Management Consultant: what the job is, what it pays, and how to get hired.

The work, the skills that matter, the tools in demand and the pay range, from U.S. government data, plus every TryHired page for the role.

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Updated Nov 2, 2026 · Data: BLS OEWS May 2025 · O*NET 31.0
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Median percentile pay

Half of management consultants earn more than this and half earn less.

Annual
$101,860
Hourly
$48.97
Source
BLS May 2025
Quick answer

Management Consultants conduct organizational studies and evaluations, design systems and procedures, conduct work simplification and measurement studies, and prepare operations and procedures manuals to assist management in operating more efficiently and effectively. The median pay is $101,860 a year ($48.97 an hour) (BLS, May 2025). The most commonly reported education requirement is a bachelor's degree (57% of workers surveyed by O*NET).

Median pay
$101,860
BLS May 2025
Employed in the U.S.
898,280
BLS May 2025
Preparation
Job Zone 4 of 5
considerable preparation
Most common education
Bachelor's Degree
57% of workers

Data Government data groups this job as Management Analysts (O*NET-SOC 13-1111.00). Figures on this page are for that occupation.

Key facts

Management Consultants at a glance

  • Management analysts in the United States earned a median annual wage of $101,860 in May 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

    Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025

  • In its 2025–35 employment projections, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics lists a bachelor's degree as the typical entry-level education for management analysts in the United States.

    Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35

  • BLS projects employment of management analysts in the United States to grow 10.1% from 2025 to 2035, with about 94,100 openings a year on average, including replacement openings.

    Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35

  • BLS estimates that 74.6% of management analysts in the United States had the ability to telework in 2025, a preliminary estimate of whether the job allows it, not a count of remote jobs.

    Source: BLS Occupational Requirements Survey, 2025 preliminary

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The work

What management consultants do day to day

Data Core tasks rated most important by workers in the role (O*NET).

  1. Gather and organize information on problems or procedures.
  2. Confer with personnel concerned to ensure successful functioning of newly implemented systems or procedures.
  3. Analyze data gathered and develop solutions or alternative methods of proceeding.
  4. Document findings of study and prepare recommendations for implementation of new systems, procedures, or organizational changes.
  5. Plan study of work problems and procedures, such as organizational change, communications, information flow, integrated production methods, inventory control, or cost analysis.
  6. Interview personnel and conduct on-site observation to ascertain unit functions, work performed, and methods, equipment, and personnel used.
  7. Prepare manuals and train workers in use of new forms, reports, procedures or equipment, according to organizational policy.
  8. Review forms and reports and confer with management and users about format, distribution, and purpose, identifying problems and improvements.
Job requirements

What the job requires

Data BLS figures for management analysts (SOC 13-1111), 2025 preliminary BLS Occupational Requirements Survey.

Telework available
74.6%
of workers had the ability to telework
Workday sitting
89.9%
mean share of the day required to sit
Most common strength level
Sedentary
99.1% of workers
Can pause work
more than 99.5%
of workers could take short, unscheduled breaks
Self-paced workload
87.5%
of workers set their own workload
Employer-changed schedules
8.3%
of workers had schedules changed by the employer week to week

On TryHired lists: Remote careers · Desk jobs.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Requirements Survey. Estimates are preliminary; ranges are shown as published.

Where this career works

Industries that employ it

Data Share of all management consultant jobs in each industry, 2025 (BLS Employment Matrix).

  1. Professional, scientific, and technical services33.4% of all jobs in this occupation · +13.6% projected change here 2025–35 · mean wage $125,910
  2. Government, excluding state and local education and hospitals17.5% of all jobs in this occupation · +15.1% projected change here 2025–35 · mean wage $99,690
  3. Insurance carriers and related activities7.0% of all jobs in this occupation · +5.7% projected change here 2025–35 · mean wage $101,210
  4. Management of companies and enterprises4.5% of all jobs in this occupation · +12.0% projected change here 2025–35 · mean wage $113,090
  5. Credit intermediation and related activities4.0% of all jobs in this occupation · +6.8% projected change here 2025–35 · mean wage $105,870
  6. Administrative and support services3.8% of all jobs in this occupation · +1.6% projected change here 2025–35 · mean wage $107,500

Sources: BLS 2025–35 National Employment Matrix (share of the occupation's jobs, projected change) and BLS OEWS May 2025 industry estimates (mean wage). Different industry estimates are not a pay forecast for any person.

Skills that matter

Ranked by importance to the job

Data O*NET importance ratings. The first three are core.

Reading ComprehensioncoreActive ListeningcoreCritical ThinkingcoreComplex Problem SolvingJudgment and Decision MakingWritingSpeakingSocial PerceptivenessCoordination

Knowledge areas: English Language, Administration and Management, Customer and Personal Service, Mathematics, Education and Training, Computers and Electronics.

Tools and technology

Software management consultants use

Data Examples reported for the role; employer demand flags from O*NET.

  • Atlassian JIRAContent workflow softwareIn demand
  • Microsoft VisioProcess mapping and design softwareIn demand
  • Adobe InDesignDesktop publishing softwareHot technology
  • Ansible softwareExpert system softwareHot technology
  • Apache CassandraData base management system softwareHot technology
  • Apache HadoopData base management system softwareHot technology
  • Apache HiveData base management system softwareHot technology
  • Apache Subversion SVNFile versioning softwareHot technology
  • ChefConfiguration management softwareHot technology
  • ESRI ArcGIS softwareGeographic information systemHot technology
  • ElasticsearchData base management system softwareHot technology
  • Epic SystemsMedical softwareHot technology

Also called: Management Analyst, Administrative Analyst, Business Analyst, Business Consultant, Employment Programs Analyst.

Method

How this page is built

Tasks, skills, tools, education and related roles come from O*NET 31.0. Pay and employment come from the BLS OEWS May 2025 national estimates. The skill-match score is our calculation: Skill match is the cosine similarity of the two occupations' skill profiles: for each of 35 O*NET skills (10 essential, 25 transferable) we multiply importance by level and subtract the average across all occupations, then compare the direction of the two profiles. 100 means identical shape; 0 means unrelated or opposite (negative values are shown as 0). Only occupations that O*NET itself lists as related are compared.

What this page can't tell you
  • How a specific employer defines the job.
  • Pay for self-employed workers (OEWS covers employees).
  • Your own chances: data describes the occupation, not you.
Sources
  1. O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. TryHired selected, ranked and combined the data; O*NET is not responsible for these pages.
  2. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 estimates (public domain).

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