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PwC Consulting Salary: Base Pay by Level (2026)
PwC US Consulting pays an Associate a median $94,500 base salary, a Senior Associate $138,650 and a Manager $170,000 in US H-1B filings.
PwC US Consulting LLP pays an Associate a median base salary of $94,500, a Senior Associate $138,650 and a Manager $170,000 in US H-1B filings from January 2025 to June 2026. Senior Managers are filed at $199,000, Directors at $273,000 and Principals at $400,000. PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services LLC, another PwC entity, files many more roles and pays more at each level up to Senior Manager. Management Consulted's 2026 report puts first-year total pay for MBA hires at $245,000 in PwC Consulting Services and $280,000 at PwC Strategy&.
Where the numbers come from. Base salaries are from 72 Manager, 52 Senior Associate and other public US Department of Labor filings by PwC US Consulting LLP, worked out in code. 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.
Base salary by level
Median base salary in PwC US Consulting LLP'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 | 8 | $94,500 | $85K to $105K |
| Senior Associate | 52 | $138,650 | $123K to $175K |
| Manager | 72 | $170,000 | $150K to $188K |
| Senior Manager | 29 | $199,000 | $174K to $229K |
| Director | 10 | $273,000 | $242K to $286K |
| Principal | 12 | $400,000 | $400,000 |
11 of 12 Principal filings name exactly $400,000. Below that, pay for one title varies by office: Manager filings have a median of $153,800 in Texas and $185,000 in New York.
PwC Advisory Services
PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services LLC files the same titles, 1,496 filings in all:
| Level | Filings | Median base | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advisory Associate | 134 | $98,000 | $76K to $105K |
| Advisory Senior Associate | 502 | $155,000 | $127K to $190K |
| Advisory Manager | 458 | $183,000 | $166K to $202K |
| Advisory Senior Manager | 272 | $207,000 | $191K to $228K |
| Advisory Director | 130 | $259,500 | $219K to $288K |
Pay by state
PwC US Consulting Manager filings in the states with the most of them. 72 filings name 20 different US work sites.
| State | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | 13 | $153,800 |
| Illinois | 12 | $175,000 |
| California | 10 | $176,000 |
| Georgia | 10 | $172,300 |
| New Jersey | 7 | $170,000 |
| New York | 6 | $185,000 |
Bonus, total pay and Strategy&
Management Consulted's Consulting Salaries Report 2026 (via Poets&Quants, January 26, 2026) gives first-year totals for MBA hires of $245,000 in PwC Consulting Services and $280,000 at PwC Strategy&. For undergraduate hires it lists a $100,000 base at PwC Strategy&, with up to $22,000 in performance bonus. Strategy& does not file under its own name in the H-1B data, so its base pay can't be split out from PwC's.
PwC's entry-level recruiting page points graduates to internship and full-time associate positions, the Associate row above.
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 25, 2026.
- Filing window: filings submitted from January 2025 to June 2026, the latest the DOL has published.
- Filings counted: 1,679 across the rows shown, one per DOL case number.
- Job titles matched:
- Associate: "Associate" (8)
- Senior Associate: "Senior Associate" (52)
- Manager: "Manager" (72)
- Senior Manager: "Senior Manager" (29)
- Director: "Director" (10)
- Principal: "Principal" (12)
- Advisory Associate: "Associate (PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services LLC)" (134)
- Advisory Senior Associate: "Senior Associate (PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services LLC)" (502)
- Advisory Manager: "Manager (PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services LLC)" (458)
- Advisory Senior Manager: "Senior Manager (PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services LLC)" (272)
- Advisory Director: "Director (PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services LLC)" (130)
- 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.
- Two PwC entities are shown: PwC US Consulting LLP and PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services LLC. The Big 4 salary page counts every PwC entity together, audit and tax included.
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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 25, 2026
- Poets&Quants (Jeff Schmitt), citing Management Consulted's Consulting Salaries Report 2026, Consulting Pay: What MBAs Earned In 2025, January 26, 2026
- PwC US, Entry level recruiting, read October 25, 2026
Frequently asked questions
How much does a PwC Consulting Associate make?
The median Associate filing at PwC US Consulting LLP is $94,500, from 8 filings. PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services files Associates at $98,000.
How much does a PwC Consulting Senior Associate make?
A median of $138,650 across 52 filings, from $123,000 at the 10th percentile to $175,049 at the 90th.
How much does a PwC Consulting Manager make?
The median Manager filing is $170,000 and the median Senior Manager filing $199,000.
How much does PwC Strategy& pay?
Strategy& has no filings under its own name. Management Consulted's 2026 report puts its undergraduate base at $100,000, with up to $22,000 in performance bonus, and its MBA first-year total at $280,000.
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