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Consultant salary in California

A real-employer view of Consultant pay, clustered from DOL OFLC certified filings. Variants like Senior, Lead, and II/III titles fold into this cluster — the wage range below reflects all of them.

Adrian Serafin, founder and editor of RateOrchardBy Adrian SerafinFounderUpdated May 4, 2026
Real disclosed salaries

Consultant in California: actual employer-disclosed pay

Public records from 66 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor. Median offered wage: $187,500. Every figure below is an actual offered salary an employer attested to under federal law.

By DOL wage level

DOL classifies every offer into one of four wage levels based on the role's experience and skill requirements.

LevelFilingsMedian offer
Level I — entry6$110,000
Level II — qualified13$117,758
Level III — experienced38$190,000

Top employers filing for this role

Companies with the most certified filings for Consultant in California. Median offer is across all of that employer's filings.

EmployerMost-filed titleFilingsMedian
Boston Consulting Group, Inc.Consultant26$190,000
Blue Matter Consulting LLCConsultant6$110,000
ExlService.com, LLCSenior Consultant6$110,000
BAIN & COMPANY, INC.Consultant5$192,000
L.E.K. Consulting LLCConsultant4$185,000
Accenture LLPSenior Consultant4$117,758
ZIFO TECHNOLOGIES, INCPrincipal Consultant2$204,000
L.E.K Consulting, LLCConsultant2$185,000
The Bridgespan GroupSenior Associate Consultant (Extern)2$121,000
UST Global IncCONSULTANT I1$113,668

Recent sample filings

A snapshot of recent certified offers. Each line is a real, public, verifiable record.

  • Consultant at Blue Matter Consulting LLC
    $110,000
    South San FranciscoDecided Dec 19, 2025I-200-25346-479113
  • CONSULTANT I at UST Global Inc
    $113,668
    WOODLAND HILLSDecided Dec 12, 2025I-200-25339-460774
  • Principal Consultant at ArchLynk LLC
    $1,858,452
    San JoseDecided Dec 4, 2025I-200-25331-442260
  • Consultant at Boston Consulting Group, Inc.
    $190,008
    San FranciscoDecided Dec 2, 2025I-200-25328-432803
  • Principal Consultant at ZIFO TECHNOLOGIES, INC
    $204,000
    MilpitasDecided Dec 1, 2025I-200-25325-427537
  • Principal Consultant at ZIFO TECHNOLOGIES, INC
    $204,000
    Santa ClaraDecided Dec 1, 2025I-200-25325-427532
  • Consultant at Newton Consulting Inc.
    $70,179
    OntarioDecided Nov 20, 2025I-200-25317-404750
  • Consultant at Blue Matter Consulting LLC
    $110,000
    South San FranciscoDecided Nov 20, 2025I-200-25317-404648

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification. Disclosed wages reflect what employers attested to pay; actual paid wages may differ. Only certified filings are shown — denied and withdrawn cases are excluded.