PwC Salary 2026: Every Level
PwC base salaries in the United States run from a median of $93,000 at Business Analyst to $518,850 at Partner, across 6 published levels and 6,161 certified US Department of Labor filings released through 30 June 2026. Base salary excludes bonus and signing.
| Level | 25th pct | Median base | 75th pct | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Analyst | $85,000 | $93,000 | $100,000 | 592 |
| Associate | $123,000 | $138,600 | $162,000 | 2,086 |
| Engagement Manager | $160,000 | $174,000 | $185,000 | 1,940 |
| Senior Manager | $190,000 | $200,600 | $212,000 | 1,045 |
| Associate Partner | $229,000 | $248,000 | $271,000 | 466 |
| Partner | $400,000 | $518,850 | $530,000 | 32 |
A level without a link does not have its own page yet. The figures are the same ones that page will carry.
The ladder
What a PwC level means here
Levels on this site are the generic ladder, not the firm's own titles. PwC files under its own job titles, and each one is mapped to a level by hand from the exact title string in the disclosure file. The mapping is published in the repository and corrected rather than guessed: a title nobody can place with confidence is held back, which is why coverage is 99.6% and not 100%.
Method, and what this misses
These figures come from H-1B Labor Condition Application disclosure data published quarterly by the US Department of Labor. A filing is a certified wage an employer stated it would pay for a named role at a named worksite. It is not a survey response, not a self-reported number, and not a record of a hire: a certified filing does not prove the position was filled.
Three limits matter. The data covers base salary only, which is roughly 70% of total compensation in consulting and 55% or less in banking, and the gap widens with seniority. It covers US worksites only. And it covers only roles a firm sponsored, so the role mix is skewed toward positions firms sponsor visas for. The Department of Labor itself warns the files contain data-entry errors.
The advisory and consulting entities only. Assurance and tax are excluded. 99.6% of that entity's filings map to a role published here. Everything unmapped is held back rather than guessed at. Percentiles are computed over 2,922,613 unique filings after deduplicating on case number, because the archived quarterly files partially restate each other. No cell is published below 5 filings.
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Last updated 12 November 2026 from the FY2026 Q3 disclosure release. Next update when the Department of Labor publishes FY2026 Q4.
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