How Much Deloitte, KPMG, EY, and PwC Employees Make

Deloitte. Artur Widak/NurPhoto/Getty Images

In June 2020, in response to the coronavirus pandemic, Deloitte delayed many of its full-time hires' start dates, shortened internship programs for students, and laid off 5,000 US workers and 200 Canadian workers. 

However, in 2022, despite recession fears, Deloitte is back to hiring across all of its teams, Sheila Williams, the national managing director of talent acquisition for Deloitte US, told Insider in a written statement. 

"As shifts in marketplace continue to evolve, we'll need the best and brightest talent to adapt and anticipate future disruption in order to help businesses prepare, grow, and innovate," she said.

Deloitte had the greatest number of employees of any of the 'Big Four' firms, topping 345,370 workers in 2021, according to research platform Statista.

It also applied for the greatest number of visas, with the U.S. Department of Labor approving 57,259 H-1B visa workers to work at Deloitte, according to Bloomberg law. 

Here are the salary ranges for consulting and accounting roles: 

• Analyst: $41,995 to $76,212 (includes advisory, business, project delivery, management, and systems) 
• Global security application analyst: average $127,858 
• Senior analyst: $74,800 to $90,900 (includes business, project delivery, and systems)
• Audit and assurance senior assistant: average $69,315 
• Consultant: $60,341 to $97,000 (includes advisory, business technology, project management, and strategic services)  
• Business process consultant: average $120,000 
• Tax consultant: average $57,676
• Senior consultant: $84,462 to $150,000 (includes accounting and reporting, advisory, global privacy, and project delivery)  
• Manager: $106,238 to $178,660 (includes advisory, audit and assurance, business solutions, and financial technology development)  
• Tax manager: average $98,572 
• Senior manager: $113,477 to $209,400 (includes advisory, audit and assurance, business solutions, corporate development, product systems, and technology operations) 
• Managing director: average $308,433 
• Tax managing director: average $161,273
• Principal: average $399,767

PwC. Danish Siddiqui/Reuters

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), a global professional services firm with more than $43 billion in revenue, was still hiring in 2020 throughout the coronavirus pandemic. 

"We're currently hiring across all levels and businesses at our firm with approximately 4,000 open roles in the US," Rod Adams, a PwC talent acquisition and onboarding leader, told Insider in 2022 in a written statement.  

And in the UK, PwC is raising employees pays and bonuses, Insider's Stephen Jones reported. 

In 2020, PwC applied for 1,999 visas, and in 2021 it employed 295,371 people, according to Statista.

Here are the salary ranges for both consulting and accounting roles. 

• Associate: $68,533 to $132,986 (includes advisory, assurance, and tax)
• Senior associate: $82,500 to $184,173 (includes advisory, assurance, and internal firm services)
• Tax senior associate: $69,300 to $183,560 
• Manager: $120,019 to $233,100 (includes advisory, assurance, and internal firm services) 
• Tax manager: $126,600 to $240,450 
• Senior manager: $150,536 to $283,826 (includes advisory, assurance, and internal firm services) 
• Tax senior manager: $151,200 to $362,400 
• Director: $176,245 to $349,999 (includes advisory and internal firm services) 
• Tax director: $200,000 to $332,0000 
• Assurance managing director: $295,000 to $556,900 
• Principal: $632,455 to $759,505 (includes advisory and assurance) 

The logo of KPMG on January 22, 2021 in Berlin, Germany. Sean Gallup/Getty Images

During the coronavirus pandemic, KPMG US cut workers' pay and laid off an estimated 1,400 employees, Insider previously reported. 

Despite economic uncertainty in 2022, demand for KPMG's services are high, Paul Knopp the chairman and CEO of KPMG US told Insider at KPMG's Women's Leadership Summit in June 2022. This means the company is intent on hiring, he said. 

"Our hires fall into two categories: one is campus hires," Knopp said. "The other category is experienced hires and we hire several thousand experienced hires a year." 

KPMG has more than 236,000 employees worldwide working out of over 650 offices. 

Here are the salary ranges for consultants, accountants, and leadership at KPMG. 

• Associate: $65,199 to $76,258 
• Senior associate: $86,934 to $109,555
• Director: $170,138 to $267,277
• Associate director: $154,696 to $192,076 
• Specialist director: $163,494 to $249,333
• Lead specialist: $138,967 to $178,916
• Senior specialist: $115,100 to $140,571
• Manager: $117,486 to $149,493
• Senior manager: $141,906 to $188,732 
• Managing director: $300,760 to $460,000
• Partner: average $280,000 
• Principal: $325,000 to $950,000

EY spends $500 million annually on learning for its employees. TOLGA AKMEN / Contributor / Getty

In 2020, EY reportedly deferred promotions and bonuses, and pressed pause on hiring, according to LinkedIn. 

During the pandemic, the professional-services firm allowed its 312,250 global employees to get an online MBA for free. In 2020, EY applied for 6,426 visas.

The firm did not immediately respond to a request for comment on its salary data or its 2022 hiring plans.

Here are the salary ranges for consultants, accountants, auditors, and chief executives at the firm: 

• Accountants and auditors: $85,653 to $86,990 
• Appraisers and assessors of real estate: average $100,944 
• Analyst: $78,574 to $82,449 (includes business intelligence and climate change)
• Computer systems analyst: average $125,088
• Management analyst: average $135,659 
• Financial analyst: average $136,370 
• Statistician: average $103,657 
• Risk management specialist: average $104,790
• Actuaries: average $127,416 
• Economist: average $135,526
• Logisticians: average $155,198 
• Mathematicians: average $178,556 
• Compensation and benefits manager: average $198,737 
• Computer and information systems manager: average $201,213 
• Financial manager: average $516,666

Aman Kidwai and Weng Cheong contributed to an earlier version of this post.