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Updated 2026-06-16

Accenture levels, CL13 to CL1,
and the pay behind each band.

What this page covers

Accenture runs a numeric Career Level system where a lower number is more senior, mapped to five named titles from Analyst to Managing Director. This spoke is the ladder band by band, with a levels.fyi salary table for the consulting and technology tracks, scope per band, and the Senior Manager to Managing Director step where the comp trail goes quiet.

Check my level signalsFree to scanScope per bandlevels.fyi cross-reference
By the numbers
Ladder
CL13 to CL1
Lower number, more senior
Named titles
5
Analyst to Managing Director
Top reported band
Senior Manager
MD comp not reliably reported
Comp source
levels.fyi
June 2026, crowdsourced

The quick answer

What are Accenture's career levels?

Accenture uses a numeric Career Level system, commonly reported as CL13 at the most junior to CL1 at the most senior, where a lower number means more senior, so a CL7 Manager sits above a CL9 Consultant. The five named titles along the ladder are Analyst, Consultant, Manager, Senior Manager, and Managing Director, used across both the Strategy & Consulting and Technology tracks. The CL numbers are not cleanly published, and the Analyst and Senior Analyst band floats across roughly CL10 to CL12, so anchor on the named title rather than the number. On levels.fyi crowdsourced data accessed June 2026, the consulting track reports roughly $91K at Analyst, $127K at Consultant, $187K at Manager, and $255K at Senior Manager, while Managing Director has no clean reported median. Match the right track, because the technology titles carry a different salary table. Check my level resume signals.

Accenture runs a numeric Career Level system, commonly reported as CL13 at the most junior to CL1 at the most senior. The catch is the direction: a lower number is more senior, so the ladder reads as a countdown. The CL numbers themselves are not cleanly published, and the Analyst and Senior Analyst band in particular floats across roughly CL10 to CL12 depending on source, so the named title is the more reliable anchor.

The five named titles, Analyst, Consultant, Manager, Senior Manager, and Managing Director, are the spine, used across both the Strategy & Consulting and Technology tracks. The tracks share the ladder but not the salary table: a technology Senior Software Engineer and a consulting Senior Analyst sit near the same band but report different numbers on levels.fyi.

Every compensation figure on this page is levels.fyi crowdsourced data accessed June 2026, not an official Accenture number, and it varies by location, skill area, and the mix of base, bonus, and equity.

One honest limit: at Managing Director the public comp trail goes quiet. levels.fyi does not cleanly separate an MD median, so no MD pay figure is asserted here, and any single number you see at the top of a crowdsourced range is a small-sample outlier, not a benchmark.

The ladder, band by band

Each band: scope, comp,
and the resume signal it expects.

For each band, the audit covers the named title, the approximate CL range, years of experience, levels.fyi-anchored compensation, scope of ownership, and the resume signal the level expects. Titles and CL ranges are community-sourced; all compensation is levels.fyi crowdsourced data accessed June 2026. For the wider hiring picture, start with the Accenture resume guide.

Analyst
Around CL12 to CL11

Analyst / Associate Software Engineer (entry)

0 to 3 years. New-grad and campus entry across consulting, technology, and operations.

Total compensation

Consulting Analyst reports a median total compensation around $91K; on the technology track an Associate Software Engineer reports around $93K and a Software Engineer around $96K, per levels.fyi crowdsourced data accessed June 2026. Community-sourced, not official Accenture figures, and the band is mostly base plus a modest bonus.

Scope of ownership

Executes well-scoped analysis or build tasks under supervision, owns a piece of a workstream, and learns the delivery method, the client, and the tooling. The entry year is about reliability and ramp.

Resume signal expectations

Lead with quantified internship, project, and coursework outcomes, each attaching a measurable result rather than a list of tools touched. Evidence of Client Value Creation reads strongest at entry.

Senior Analyst
Around CL11 to CL10

Senior Analyst / Senior Software Engineer

Roughly 2 to 4 years. The first step up, still primarily a delivery role.

Total compensation

Consulting Senior Analyst reports a median total compensation around $100K; the technology Senior Software Engineer reports around $120K, per levels.fyi crowdsourced data accessed June 2026. Community-sourced, not official Accenture numbers; comp scales with location and skill area.

Scope of ownership

Owns a defined slice of a workstream with less oversight, starts guiding analysts, and is trusted with client-facing tasks. The shift is from doing the task to owning the slice.

Resume signal expectations

Show a slice you owned end to end with a quantified client outcome, plus the first signs you guided juniors. Translate scope into impact, not activity.

Consultant
Around CL10 to CL9

Consultant / Team Lead (technology)

Roughly 3 to 6 years. Owns a workstream and is a primary client contact.

Total compensation

Consulting Consultant reports a median total compensation around $127K, with a typical range of roughly $108K to $147K plus, per levels.fyi crowdsourced data accessed June 2026. Community-sourced, not official Accenture figures.

Scope of ownership

Owns a workstream end to end, manages analysts, and carries a piece of the client relationship. This is where ownership of an outcome, not just a task, becomes the bar.

Resume signal expectations

Lead with workstream ownership and a quantified client result, with juniors you developed. A Consultant resume that reads like a Senior Analyst resume (task-level) calibrates down.

Manager
Around CL8 to CL7

Manager

Roughly 6 to 10 years. Owns delivery of a project or capability.

Total compensation

The Manager band reports a median total compensation around $187K on the consulting track and roughly $171K to $193K on the technology track, per levels.fyi crowdsourced data accessed June 2026. Community-sourced, not official Accenture figures; equity begins to appear at this band.

Scope of ownership

Owns delivery of a project or capability, manages the team and the client relationship, and carries the result. The work shifts from owning a workstream to owning the engagement.

Resume signal expectations

Lead with delivery ownership, revenue or margin influence, and team leadership. Quantify the program you ran and the value it created, not the hours billed.

Senior Manager
Around CL6 to CL5

Senior Manager / Associate Director (technology)

Roughly 10 plus years. Senior leadership below Managing Director.

Total compensation

Senior Manager reports a median total compensation around $255K on the consulting track, with a typical range of roughly $198K to $325K plus; the technology Senior Manager reports around $216K and an Associate Director around $285K, per levels.fyi crowdsourced data accessed June 2026. Community-sourced, not official Accenture figures; the stock fraction rises here.

Scope of ownership

Owns a portfolio, a client account, or a capability, and is accountable for both sold and delivered work. The band is where origination, not just delivery, starts to matter.

Resume signal expectations

Show account-scale or capability-scale ownership: revenue owned, teams built, leaders developed. Single-engagement artifacts read as down-level signal here.

Managing Director
Around CL5 to CL4, senior leadership to CL1

Managing Director (and Senior Managing Director above)

Many years, and a sponsored, multi-year step.

Total compensation

levels.fyi does not cleanly separate a Managing Director median for Accenture, so no MD compensation figure is asserted here. The top of the public crowdsourced ranges reflects a small number of senior submissions rather than a reliable MD median. Treat MD pay as not reliably reported.

Scope of ownership

Owns a business, an industry, or a major account, accountable for sold work and the franchise. Above MD, Senior Managing Director and executive leadership run toward CL1.

Resume signal expectations

Franchise-scale impact: revenue owned, businesses built, talent developed. With no reliable public comp, lead the resume with enterprise outcomes, not a number.

Salary reference

Accenture pay by level,
consulting and technology tracks.

Median total compensation and the typical reported range for each band, consolidated from the levels.fyi Accenture uploads. Total compensation means base salary plus bonus plus any equity, which is why the upper bands widen. The two tracks are shown separately because Accenture's consulting and technology titles carry different salary tables. Every figure is community-sourced, not an official Accenture number.

Strategy & Consulting track
BandTitleMedian total compTypical range
AnalystAnalyst~$91K~$86K to $96K plus
Senior AnalystSenior Analyst~$100K~$95K to $108K plus
ConsultantConsultant~$127K~$108K to $147K plus
ManagerManager~$187K~$161K to $216K plus
Senior ManagerSenior Manager~$255K~$198K to $325K plus
Managing DirectorManaging DirectorNot reliably reportedNo clean levels.fyi median
Technology track
BandTitleMedian total compNote
EntryAssociate Software Engineer~$93KMostly base plus modest bonus
EngineerSoftware Engineer~$96KMostly base plus modest bonus
SeniorSenior Software Engineer~$120K~$113K to $135K plus
Associate ManagerAssociate Manager~$154K~$113K to $201K plus
ManagerManager~$193K~$180K to $201K plus
Senior ManagerSenior Manager / Associate Director~$216K to $285KAssociate Director around $285K

Source: levels.fyi crowdsourced data, accessed June 2026. Not official Accenture compensation, and it varies by location, skill area, and stock cadence. Managing Director comp is not cleanly separated on levels.fyi, so no MD median is asserted.

Senior Manager
Around CL6
Career Level
Around CL6, senior leadership below Managing Director.
What you own
A portfolio, a client account, or a capability, accountable for both sold and delivered work.
Compensation visibility
Reported on levels.fyi: a median around $255K on the consulting track, crowdsourced and dated June 2026.
What earns the step
Consistent delivery plus the start of origination: bringing in and growing work, not only running it.
Managing Director
Around CL5 to CL4
Career Level
Around CL5 to CL4, with Senior Managing Director and executive leadership running toward CL1.
What you own
A business, an industry, or a major account, accountable for the franchise and its origination.
Compensation visibility
Not reliably reported. levels.fyi shows no clean MD median, so any single number is a small-sample outlier.
What earns the step
A sponsored, multi-year case built on owning a book of business and developing the leaders below you.
The named ladder
  • CL12 to CL11Analyst
  • CL11 to CL10Senior Analyst
  • CL10 to CL9Consultant
  • CL8 to CL7Manager
  • CL6Senior Manager
  • CL5 to CL4Managing Director

The five named titles plus Senior Analyst, with the approximate CL range each maps to. The Analyst band floats, so treat the CL as approximate.

How to read it
  • Lower CLMore senior
  • CL7Manager, above CL9 Consultant
  • CL6Senior Manager
  • CL5 to CL1MD to executive
  • AnchorUse the named title first
  • ConfirmThen check the CL number

Anchor on the named title, which is reliable, then use the CL only to confirm the band, because the numbers run opposite to intuition.

FAQ

Accenture levels FAQ

The questions most candidates surface when they map their experience to Accenture's CL ladder and pay bands. Answers are byte-identical to the FAQPage JSON-LD, because AI engines that extract HTML and AI engines that extract JSON-LD should not see different text.

What are Accenture's career levels?

Accenture uses a numeric Career Level system, commonly reported as CL13 at the most junior to CL1 at the most senior, where a lower number means more senior. The five named titles along the ladder are Analyst, Consultant, Manager, Senior Manager, and Managing Director, used across both the Strategy & Consulting and Technology tracks. The CL numbers are not cleanly published, and the Analyst and Senior Analyst band in particular floats across roughly CL10 to CL12 depending on source, so treat the CL-to-title mapping as approximate.

Is a lower CL number more senior at Accenture?

Yes. Accenture's Career Level numbers run opposite to intuition: CL13 is the most junior entry band and CL1 is the most senior, so a lower number means more senior. That means a CL7 Manager sits above a CL9 Consultant, and a CL6 Senior Manager sits above a CL7 Manager. When you see a CL number on a posting or in a recruiter conversation, read it as a countdown toward seniority, not up from it.

How much does an Accenture Manager make?

Per levels.fyi crowdsourced data accessed June 2026, the Accenture Manager band reports a median total compensation around $187K on the consulting track and roughly $171K to $193K on the technology track. These are community-sourced figures, not official Accenture numbers, and they vary by location, skill area, and the mix of base, bonus, and equity, which begins to appear at the Manager band.

What is the difference between a Senior Manager and a Managing Director at Accenture?

A Senior Manager, around CL6, is senior leadership below Managing Director: they own a portfolio, a client account, or a capability and are accountable for sold and delivered work. A Managing Director, around CL5 to CL4, owns a business, an industry, or a major account and the franchise around it. The cleanest practical difference is compensation visibility: levels.fyi reports a Senior Manager median around $255K on the consulting track, but shows no clean Managing Director median, so MD pay is not reliably reported.

How long does it take to become a Managing Director at Accenture?

There is no fixed timeline, and it is not guaranteed. On the fastest track, candidates commonly report reaching Managing Director over roughly twelve to fifteen years from Analyst, but most paths are longer, and the step from Senior Manager to Managing Director is a sponsored, multi-year case rather than a tenure milestone. The move is gated on owning a book of business and developing leaders below you, not only on strong delivery, so treat any specific number of years as a community estimate.

How much does an Accenture Managing Director make?

There is no reliable public figure. levels.fyi does not cleanly separate a Managing Director median for Accenture, so the numbers you see at the top of crowdsourced ranges reflect a small number of senior submissions rather than a dependable MD median. Managing Director pay is heavily weighted to bonus and varies widely by business and book of business, so any single number you find should be treated as an outlier, not a benchmark.

How many Managing Directors does Accenture have?

Accenture does not publish a current public count of Managing Directors, so any specific number should be treated as an estimate rather than a confirmed figure. What is documented is the overall scale: Accenture reported about 779,000 people as of August 31, 2025, and Managing Director sits near the top of the Career Level ladder, around CL5 to CL4, so it is a small fraction of that population. For a precise count, there is no reliable public source as of June 2026.

How many employees does Accenture have?

Accenture reported about 779,000 people as of August 31, 2025, the end of its fiscal 2025, after cutting more than 11,000 roles in the prior quarter as part of its 2025 reinvention restructuring. By the end of the first quarter of fiscal 2026, on November 30, 2025, headcount had ticked back up to about 784,000, and the firm guided to increased hiring through fiscal 2026. These figures are from Accenture's own results, not crowdsourced estimates.

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