AI consultant jobs in the live catalogue number 3,090 postings with consultant in the title, spread across 183 hiring companies, but only 52 of them are rated Builds AI, where building AI systems is the job itself. Measured October 2026.
The number this article rests on: 592 of 3,090 live consultant postings (19.2%) are remote, and 432 are rated above Little AI. Measured October 2026.
A consultant title in an AI-related catalogue is not always an AI consulting job. Level collects AI-related postings, then rates each posting from Little AI (AI absent from the work, or only decorative) to Builds AI (AI Level 4: building AI systems is the job). That rating is how to tell an implementation consultant for a software product from someone who designs AI systems for clients. The figures below cover every live posting whose title contains "consultant", whatever the category, so a reader looking for model-building work should filter by level first and by title second.
What exactly does an AI consultant do?
An AI consultant helps a client decide where AI fits, then sets up the tools, data, and processes so it works in daily use. In this catalogue, consultant postings are filed under no specific category (1,847), sales (516), and data (189), which shows how often the job is rolling out a product, not building models. Measured October 2026.
Three kinds of work sit under the title. Implementation consultants configure a vendor's product for a client and train its users. Advisory consultants map processes and recommend where automation pays off. Technical consultants, the ones rated Builds AI, build the pipelines and model integrations themselves. The largest filing here is postings with no specific category, and only 1.7% of postings sit at Builds AI.
Where are AI consultant jobs?
The employers posting the most consultant roles are Amazon (396), PwC (357), Sopra Steria (300), Telstra (153), and Wells Fargo (120). Some names in such lists are recruiting platforms that publish roles on behalf of their clients, so the hiring company can differ from the name shown. Measured October 2026.
On location, 592 of 3,090 consultant postings (19.2%) are remote, compared with solutions architects (36.4%) or forward deployed engineers (37.7%), the two customer-facing engineering titles closest to consulting. Amazon alone accounts for 396 of the 3,090 postings.
How much money do AI consultants make?
On the ranges employers publish, the median consultant posting publishes a range from $131,300 to $185,900, on 550 live postings with a USD salary. The market-wide median maximum is $200,000 on 44,243 USD postings, so consultant pay sits below it. Measured October 2026.
Senior roles move the range: the median senior or lead consultant posting publishes a range from $152,800 to $207,800, on 348 live postings with a USD salary. For remote postings, the median remote consultant posting publishes a range from $131,300 to $185,900, on 140 live postings with a USD salary. These are employee ranges, not freelance day rates, which job ads do not publish. Independent consultants set their own prices, and this page has no measured basis to suggest one. Recruiting platforms that post on behalf of clients are included in these medians when they publish a range, which can pull the figure toward the clients they serve. For the engineering comparison, see the AI engineer salary data.
How can I become an AI consultant?
Pick the kind of consulting first, because the entry points differ: live consultant postings tagged intern or junior number 260, against 1,618 tagged senior or lead, which tells you how much prior domain or product experience the openings expect. Measured October 2026.
For implementation roles, deep knowledge of one software category and client-facing experience count most. For advisory roles, process and change-management experience matter, with enough AI literacy to judge what a tool can do. For the technical roles rated Builds AI, the path looks like an engineer's: data work, model integration, and shipped projects. If that last path appeals, the forward deployed engineer and AI solutions architect guides cover the closest engineering titles. The list of AI job types shows the full field.
The jobs right now
Live consultant postings, newest first, generated from the catalogue. The level on each card shows how much AI the job involves.
