{"slug": "consulting-firms-are-still-hiring-entry-level-workers-even-as-ai-upends-their-s", "title": "Consulting firms are still hiring entry-level workers even as AI upends their industry. Here's how much they are making.", "summary": "Consulting firms are hiring entry-level workers despite AI disruption, with salaries remaining stable. Bain & Company offers a base salary of $112,000, Boston Consulting Group $110,000, McKinsey & Company $112,000, and Deloitte Consulting competitive packages. Firms are shifting toward hiring specialists and candidates from nontraditional backgrounds.", "body_md": "[Become an Insider](/subscription)and start reading now. Have an account? .\n\nAI is rapidly changing white-collar work.\n\nAt many companies, it's reducing the grunt work that employees — especially entry-level employees — have to do. At the same time, it is breeding anxiety among younger workers as they enter the workforce. Just look at the recent wave of commencement [speakers booed](https://www.businessinsider.com/sundar-pichai-google-graduation-speech-stanford-ai-backlash-eric-schmidt)** **for praising the power of technology.\n\nThe [consulting industry](https://www.businessinsider.com/west-monroe-ai-agent-free-consulting-strategy-advice-2026-6) is no different. AI is rapidly changing the way these firms operate, pushing them to hire more strategically as they automate entry-level work, said Namaan Mian, the COO of Management Consulted, a company that trains and prepares students and others for careers in consulting.\n\n\"We continue to see high demand for talent in AI implementation, digital transformation, and data, while salary growth for traditional generalist roles remains relatively muted,\" Mian said.\n\nConsulting firms are hiring more specialists, those with considerable experience, and candidates from schools not typically targeted by the industry, Management Consulted said in a recent report.\n\nGert De Geyter, a former AI lead at Deloitte US, told Business Insider in December that instead of the \"pure traditional consultant,\" firms are now looking for a blend of \"generalists and technical experts.\"\n\nEY, for example, was once solely made up of accountants, but it's now widened the pool of candidates it recruits to include engineers, creatives, technologists, candidates without degrees, and neurodiverse professionals, Ginnie Carlier, EY Americas' chief talent and culture officer, told Business Insider in April.\n\nThe big question likely on any job seekers mind is how that all translates into pay. At the entry-level, at least, not much has changed, Mian said.\n\nManagement Consulted recently compiled the salary, bonus, and other benefits offered by the [major consulting firms](https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-land-job-big-consulting-mckinsey-bain-bcg-2022-8) to new graduates. The data is based on written job offers received by its interview-prep clients, as well as information provided directly by firm representatives.\n\nHere's what they found:\n\n## Bain & Company\n\nThe smallest of the [Big Three](https://www.businessinsider.com/mbb-explained-mckinsey-bain-bcg-compare-big-three-strategy-consultants-2024-11), Bain has about 19,000 employees with offices in 65 cities around the world.\n\nBain is helmed by Christophe De Vusser, who serves as the worldwide managing partner and CEO.\n\n**Base: **$112,000\n\n**Performance Bonus: **up to $22,500\n\n**Housing Allowance: **up to $5,000\n\n**Relocation: **up to $5,000; up to $10,000 for NYC\n\n**Signing Bonus: **$5,000\n\n## Boston Consulting Group\n\nBCG was founded in Boston in 1963, where it is still headquartered. The company had 32,000 employees as of 2023 and 128 offices worldwide.\n\nBCG is led by Christoph Schweizer, who has served as CEO since 2021, and its North America practice is led by Mel Wolfgang.\n\n**Base: **$110,000\n\n**Performance Bonus: **up to $22,000\n\n**Profit Sharing: **up to $4,400\n\n**Relocation: **up to $6,000\n\n**Signing Bonus: **$5,000\n\n## McKinsey & Company\n\nHeadquartered in New York City, McKinsey is also the largest of the MBBs, with more than 45,000 employees across 130 offices worldwide.\n\nThe firm is led by [Bob Sternfels](https://www.businessinsider.com/mckinsey-workforce-ai-agents-consulting-industry-bob-sternfels-2026-1), who serves as the firm's global managing partner and chair of the board of directors.\n\n**Base: **$112,000\n\n**Performance Bonus: **up to $18,000\n\n**Housing Allowance: **up to $5,000\n\n**Relocation: **up to $10,000\n\n**Signing Bonus: **$5,000\n\n## Deloitte Consulting\n\nWith over 181,000 employees across the US, Deloitte is one of the \"Big Four.\" The firm pulled in about $36 billion in revenue for the fiscal year ending in May 2025 and has 122 offices across the country.\n\n**Base: **$84,000-$95,000\n\n**Performance Bonus: **up to $26,250 for MBA-hires\n\n**Relocation: **up to $2,500\n\n**Signing Bonus: **up to $12,500\n\n## EY\n\nEY employs close to 400,000 people worldwide, and brought in about $53 billion for the fiscal year ending June 2025.\n\n**Base: **$100,000\n\n**Performance Bonus: **Only after 3rd year\n\n**Signing Bonus: **$12,500\n\n## KPMG\n\nWith about 276,000 people worldwide across 138 countries and territories, KPMG reported almost $40 billion in global revenue for the fiscal year ending in September 2025.\n\nThe firm also opened a 450,000-square-foot [office in New York](https://www.businessinsider.com/kpmg-nyc-headquarters-designed-employee-input-see-inside-photos-2025-11) to promote in-person work.\n\n**Base: **up to $90,000\n\n**Performance Bonus: **Real-time bonuses\n\n**Relocation: **up to $2,000\n\n**Signing Bonus: **up to $7,500\n\n## PwC\n\nPwC has about 365,000 employees and reported a revenue of about $60 billion for the fiscal year ending in 2025.\n\n**Base: **up to $90,000\n\n**Signing Bonus: **up to $7,500\n\n## Accenture\n\nAccenture employs about 786,000 people worldwide and reported revenue of $69.67 billion for fiscal year 2025.\n\n**Base: **$105,000\n\n**Performance Bonus: **up to $30,000\n\n**Relocation: **up to $2,500\n\n**Signing Bonus: **$12,500 (Canada: C$10,000)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/consulting-firms-are-still-hiring-entry-level-workers-even-as-ai-upends-their-s", "canonical_source": "https://www.businessinsider.com/consultant-salaries-mckinsey-bcg-bain-kpmg-deloitte-pwc-2026-6", "published_at": "2026-06-15 09:05:01+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-15 09:11:35.074060+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-research", "ai-startups", "ai-tools", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Bain & Company", "Boston Consulting Group", "McKinsey & Company", "Deloitte Consulting", "Management Consulted", "Namaan Mian", "Gert De Geyter", "EY"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/consulting-firms-are-still-hiring-entry-level-workers-even-as-ai-upends-their-s", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/consulting-firms-are-still-hiring-entry-level-workers-even-as-ai-upends-their-s.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/consulting-firms-are-still-hiring-entry-level-workers-even-as-ai-upends-their-s.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/consulting-firms-are-still-hiring-entry-level-workers-even-as-ai-upends-their-s.jsonld"}}