Management Consultant salary in San Jose, CA

Based on 399 certified H-1B filings in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Mountain View, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, Milpitas, Palo Alto.

Also listed as: Management Analyst, Business Analyst

Median salary$160,000
Middle 50%$123.3k–$196k
vs. national median+30%comparison median $123,000
Filings399FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $89,294 and $300,000.
PercentileSalary
10th$96,990
25th$123,344
50th (median)$160,000
75th$196,000
90th$225,000

Salary by year

Median salary

$120k $150k $180k FY2020: median $137,000 (402 filings) FY2021: median $137,000 (305 filings) FY2022: median $136,573 (290 filings) FY2023: median $140,390 (197 filings) FY2024: median $150,000 (237 filings) FY2025: median $153,900 (213 filings) FY2026: median $164,660 (186 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 402 filings FY20 FY2021: 305 filings FY21 FY2022: 290 filings FY22 FY2023: 197 filings FY23 FY2024: 237 filings FY24 FY2025: 213 filings FY25 FY2026: 186 filings FY26 402
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$137,000$103,042$158,000402
FY2021$137,000$100,000$158,000305
FY2022$136,573$100,303$166,750290
FY2023$140,390$109,616$171,000197
FY2024$150,000$110,000$175,000237
FY2025$153,900$110,000$191,464213
FY2026$164,660$130,275$196,602186

Cost of living

San Jose's median Management Consultant salary of $160,000 is worth about $144,900 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; San Jose = 110.4).

Compared with all workers here

All Management Analysts in the San Jose, CA area earned a median of $136,670 in May 2025 (9,020 employed). The H-1B median here is $160,000, 17% higher.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Top employers filing

EmployerMedianFilings
Google$202,00022
EY$167,23016
Infosys$157,41415
TikTok$195,00015
Intuit$196,60215
Apple$191,46414
Deloitte$130,18713
Microsoft$218,60013
ByteDance$165,00012
Cisco Systems$163,40511

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $96,990 78
Mid-level · Level II $130,187 100
Senior · Level III $170,000 81
Expert · Level IV $200,000 106

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$89,294$96,99078
Mid-level · Level II$130,187$130,187100
Senior · Level III$163,405$170,00081
Expert · Level IV$196,602$200,000106

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.