Federal Management Consultant Hourly Rates

Strategy, operations, and organizational consulting.

Across 342 GSA-awarded management consultant labor rates, the government pays a median of $181/hour, typically ranging from $145 to $237.

Minimum
$36
25th pct
$145
Median
$181
75th pct
$237
Maximum
$437
$3625th–75th percentile$437

By education level

EducationRatesMedianRange
Masters80$238$88$437
Bachelors253$150$59$409
High School5$74$36$237

Vendors with the most awarded management consultant rates

VendorRatesMedian
A-TEK, INC.10$232
ALLEGHENY SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION10$334
USA INFOTECH, LLC9$122
ATHENA FEDERAL SOLUTIONS LLC8$124
TECHSOURCE, LLC8$229
WSP USA ENVIRONMENT & INFRASTRUCTURE INC.6$104
SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION6$180
DYNAMIS, INC.6$145
STEAMPUNK, INC.6$147
KEPLER RESEARCH INC.5$150

Source: GSA CALC+ awarded ceiling rates (buy.gsa.gov), matched on labor-category titles containing “management consultant”. These are contract ceiling rates on Multiple Award Schedule vehicles — the not-to-exceed rate a vendor may bill, not necessarily the invoiced rate. Use as a fair-and-reasonable benchmark, not a quote.