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BCG Consultant Salary: Base Pay (2026)
A BCG Consultant earns a $190,000 median base salary in 497 US H-1B filings. BCG now posts $200,000 for first-year Consultants from January 2027.
BCG pays a Consultant, the level it hires MBAs into, a median base salary of $190,000 in US H-1B filings from January 2025 to June 2026: 442 of 497 Consultant filings name exactly $190,000, across 23 US cities. The 21 filings at $195,000 are all from 2026. BCG's current US Consultant posting, for experienced hires, sets first-year base at $200,000 as of January 1, 2027. Associates below are filed at $110,000 and Project Leaders above at $225,400. With a $47,500 performance bonus and a $30,000 signing bonus, Management Consulted's 2026 report puts a Consultant's first year at about $270,000.
Where the numbers come from. Base salaries are from 497 Consultant and other public US Department of Labor filings, worked out in code, the same filings as our BCG salary page. H-1B filings show base salary only: no bonus, signing bonus, profit sharing or benefits. Bonus figures come from the dated report named next to them.
Consultant pay next to the levels around it
Median base salary in BCG's US H-1B filings, January 2025 to June 2026. Range is the 10th to 90th percentile of the filed salaries.
| Level | Filings | Median base | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Associate | 113 | $110,000 | $110,000 |
| Senior Associate | 21 | $145,000 | $145,000 |
| Consultant | 497 | $190,000 | $190,000 |
| Project Leader | 173 | $225,400 | $225,400 |
The step up to Project Leader is $35,400 at the median.
Consultant salary by city
Cities with three or more filings for this level, by number of filings.
| City | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| New York, NY | 64 | $190,000 |
| Chicago, IL | 62 | $190,000 |
| Summit, NJ | 49 | $190,000 |
| Boston, MA | 39 | $190,000 |
| San Francisco, CA | 38 | $190,000 |
| Dallas, TX | 34 | $190,000 |
| Washington, DC | 33 | $190,000 |
| Houston, TX | 27 | $190,000 |
Pay is set by level, not by office: the median is $190,000 in every city in the table. Consultant filings run from $182,680 to $195,000.
Who joins as a Consultant
BCG's Consultant posting says Consultants generally have four or more years of experience and/or an advanced degree such as an MBA or PhD, while Associates typically have zero to four years. The work is varied, much of it at client sites, and can mean international travel.
Posted pay against the filings
| Firm and level | Median base in filings | Posted first-year base |
|---|---|---|
| McKinsey Associate | $192,000 | $192,000 |
| BCG Consultant | $190,000 | $200,000 from January 1, 2027 |
| Bain Consultant | $192,000 | $200,000 |
Filings are from January 2025 to June 2026. Posted pay is the US first-year base in each firm's job posting as we read it on October 26, 2026: McKinsey, BCG and Bain. BCG's are its US experienced-hire postings. BCG's $200,000 is $10,000 above the median Consultant filing.
Bonus, signing bonus and benefits
From Management Consulted's Consulting Salaries Report 2026, which covers offers made in 2025 (via Poets&Quants, January 26, 2026): a Consultant gets $190,000 base, a $47,500 performance bonus and a $30,000 signing bonus, about $270,000 in the first year, with a lump-sum 401(k) contribution of $11,875 and 15 days of paid time off. The report's base matches the filings to the dollar.
How we got these numbers
US employers that hire someone on an H-1B visa must first file a Labor Condition Application with the US Department of Labor, stating the job title, work site and the wage they will pay. The DOL publishes every filing in its LCA disclosure data. We read the filings through h1bdata.info, a free search of that data, because the DOL's own quarterly files run to hundreds of MB. We read them on October 15, 2026.
- Filing window: filings submitted from January 2025 to June 2026, the latest the DOL has published.
- Filings counted: 804 across the rows shown, one per DOL case number.
- Job titles matched:
- Associate: "Associate" (113)
- Senior Associate: "Senior Associate" (21)
- Consultant: "Consultant" (497)
- Project Leader: "Project Leader" (173)
- Median: the middle filed salary for that title. Range: the 10th to 90th percentile, so a few unusual filings don't stretch it.
- Base salary only. An H-1B filing states the base wage. Bonuses, signing bonuses, profit sharing and benefits are not in it, so the bonus figures on this page come from the dated reports named next to them.
- Who is in it. Only roles filed for visa holders, at every US office. A filing is the wage the employer committed to pay, not proof of a hire.
- BCG files under The Boston Consulting Group Inc. BCG X and other technology roles are left out.
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Sources
- US Department of Labor, H-1B LCA disclosure data, filings submitted January 2025 to June 2026, via h1bdata.info, read October 15, 2026
- Boston Consulting Group, Consultant, Experienced Hire, United States (job posting), read October 26, 2026
- Poets&Quants (Jeff Schmitt), citing Management Consulted's Consulting Salaries Report 2026, Consulting Pay: What MBAs Earned In 2025, January 26, 2026
Frequently asked questions
How much does a BCG Consultant make?
A $190,000 median base salary in filings from January 2025 to June 2026. With bonus and signing bonus, Management Consulted's 2026 report puts the first year at about $270,000. BCG's current posting sets first-year base at $200,000 from January 1, 2027.
Does a BCG Consultant earn more in New York?
No. The median is $190,000 in New York, Chicago, Boston and every other city with three or more filings.
How much does a BCG Project Leader make?
The median Project Leader filing is $225,400, from 173 filings.
Who joins BCG as a Consultant?
Per BCG's posting, people with four or more years of experience and/or an advanced degree such as an MBA or PhD. Undergraduates join as Associates, filed at $110,000.
Does BCG pay Consultants more than McKinsey and Bain?
In the filings, slightly less: $190,000 at BCG against $192,000 for a McKinsey Associate and $192,000 for a Bain Consultant. In today's postings, BCG and Bain are at $200,000 and McKinsey at $192,000.
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