Company Salary Review: Accenture

The Median Salary by Job Title report displays the median salaries for various jobs at Accenture. Information technology consultants have a median salary of $67,333. Compared to the median salary of an IT consultant at Accenture’s top competitor, IBM, this median salary is low. Median employee compensation for this position at IBM is $86,584, almost $20,000 more than at Accenture. Although median salary data shows that IBM has higher compensation for this position, Accenture has higher median salaries for other positions. Business process management consultants at Accenture have a median salary of $71,342, compared to IBM’s median employee compensation of $67,605. If you are considering working at Accenture as an IT project manager, expect a median salary about $10,000 higher than at IBM.

Although Company Data for Accenture shows higher median salaries than IBM for certain positions, researching Median Salaries by Experience shows that, over the long-term, employee compensation at Accenture is lower than at IBM. Starting salaries at each company are very competitive; for those with less than one year of experience, Accenture has a median salary of $55,881 compared to IBM’s median salary of $55,912. However, looking at Employee Compensation by Years of Experience at IBM shows that for employees with more than twenty years of experience, the median salary of $107,842 is about $12,000 more than Accenture's median salary for the same level of experience.

Accenture Employee Benefits

For most people, one of the most popular benefits of any job is paid vacation. Average Vacation Weeks for Accenture Employees show at least three weeks of vacation time for employees at all experience levels. The longer you stay at Accenture, the more vacation days you will earn; employees with twenty years of experience have, on average, four to five weeks of vacation time. Median Bonuses at Accenture can vary by job title, years of experience and location. Researching median bonuses by years of experience shows an upward trend relative to years of experience. For people with less than one year of experience, the median bonus is $2,500 compared to the median bonus of $7,000 after ten years of experience.

Accenture Employee Cost of Living

While the headquarters of Accenture is in New York, the company has over 150 locations around the world, including Chicago, Dallas and Seattle. If you plan on working at the New York Accenture headquarters, you may want to consider researching the Cost of Living in New York. At over double the cost of the national average, the overall cost of living in New York is very high. The cost of housing is also a major factor in New York. Reaching 294 percent above the national average, the cost of housing can be restrictive without an adequate salary. Since Accenture has many other locations, you may have the opportunity to work at Accenture in a different city. If you are considering working for Accenture at another location, use PayScale’s Cost of Living Calculator to compare the cost of living at other Accenture locations.

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