IT Infrastructure Consultant Salary in the United States

How much does an IT Infrastructure Consultant make in the United States?

As of August 01, 2026, the average salary for an IT Infrastructure Consultant in the United States is $74,972 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $36.

However, an IT Infrastructure Consultant's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

  • Top Earners (90th percentile): $85,423
  • Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $67,407 to $80,443
  • Entry-Level (10th percentile): $60,518
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IT Infrastructure Consultant Salaries by Percentile

Annual
Salary
Monthly
Pay
Weekly
Pay
Hourly
Wage
75th Percentile $80,443 $6,704 $1,547 $39
Average $74,972 $6,248 $1,442 $36
25th Percentile $67,407 $5,617 $1,296 $32
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Key Factors That Influence IT Infrastructure Consultant Salaries

An IT Infrastructure Consultant's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location, education and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

Top Paying Cities for IT Infrastructure Consultants

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

  • San Jose: $94,563
  • San Francisco: $93,527
  • Oakland: $91,556

What Skills Can Increase an IT Infrastructure Consultant's Salary?

Demanded Skills for the Role:

  • Planning (Mentioned in 16.67% Job Postings): An act or process of making or carrying out plans. Establishment of goals, policies, and procedures for a social or economic unit city planning business planning.
  • Data Analytics (Mentioned in 1.67% Job Postings): Data analysis is a process of inspecting, cleansing, transforming, and modeling data with the goal of discovering useful information, informing conclusions, and supporting decision-making. Data analysis has multiple facets and approaches, encompassing diverse techniques under a variety of names, and is used in different business, science, and social science domains. In today's business world, data analysis plays a role in making decisions more scientific and helping businesses operate more effectively. Data mining is a particular data analysis technique that focuses on modeling and knowledge discovery for predictive rather than purely descriptive purposes, while business intelligence covers data analysis that relies heavily on aggregation, focusing mainly on business information. In statistical applications, data analysis can be divided into descriptive statistics, exploratory data analysis (EDA), and confirmatory data analysis (CDA). EDA focuses on discovering new features in the data while CDA focuses on confirming or falsifying existing hypotheses. Predictive analytics focuses on application of statistical models for predictive forecasting or classification, while text analytics applies statistical, linguistic, and structural techniques to extract and classify information from textual sources, a species of unstructured data. All of the above are varieties of data analysis.
  • Microsoft Office (Mentioned in 1.67% Job Postings): Microsoft Office is a suite of desktop productivity applications that is designed by Microsoft for business use. You can create documents containing text and images, work with data in spreadsheets and databases, create presentations and posters.
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Skills Demand Percentage
Planning 16.67%
Data Analytics 1.67%
Microsoft Office 1.67%
What skills can make your compensation higher?
Mastering certain specialized skills can lead to a significant increase in pay. Here are examples of skills and the potential impact they can have on an IT Infrastructure Consultant's salary.
  • Risk Management: Can increase your salary by up to 28%.
  • Strategic Thinking: Can increase your salary by up to 17%.
  • Consulting: Can increase your salary by up to 14%.
Skill Salary Salary % Increase
Risk Management
$95,965
28%
Strategic Thinking
$87,718
17%
Consulting
$85,468
14%
Collaboration
$83,219
11%
Product Development
$82,470
10%
Service Planning
$81,720
9%
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How Education impacts an IT Infrastructure Consultant's Salary?

Your level of education can impact your salary potential. While many IT Infrastructure Consultants enter the field with a Bachelor's Degree degree, higher education can lead to more specialized and higher-paying roles.

According to our 100% employer-reported salary data, the median salary for an IT Infrastructure Consultant with a Bachelor's Degree is between $66,149 and $71,398).

IT Infrastructure Consultant Salaries by Degree Level

Typical Education for IT Infrastructure Consultant
Degree Level % of user with this level of education
No Diploma 10.3%
High School 10.3%
Associates 3.4%
Bachelors 69.0%
Masters 13.8%
Doctorate 3.4%
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IT Infrastructure Consultant Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how an IT Infrastructure Consultant's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

Last Updated on August 01, 2026

Salary Trends for IT Infrastructure Consultant

Salaries for an IT Infrastructure Consultant can change over time, reflecting shifts in market demand and the overall economy. The median salary decreased from $96,264 in 2023 to around $90,154 in 2025, reflecting changes in demand, location, experience, and the wider economy. For a detailed analysis of IT Infrastructure Consultant salary trends, .

Average Annual Salary of IT Infrastructure Consultant Over Time

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2023
$96,264
2024
$92,884
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$90,154
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