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Updated 2026-06-29

EY levels, Staff to Partner,
and the pay behind each band.

What this page covers

EY runs a seven-band advisory ladder from Consultant (Staff) to Partner. This spoke is the ladder band by band, with a levels.fyi salary table, the scope each level owns, why stock is $0 at every level because EY is a private partnership, and the Senior Manager versus Partner line where employment ends and ownership begins.

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By the numbers
Ladder
7 bands
Staff to Partner
Top tier
Partner
Equity, profit-share
Comp source
levels.fyi
June 2026, crowdsourced
Equity
$0
Private partnership, base + bonus

The quick answer

What are the levels at EY and what do they pay?

EY runs a seven-band ladder: Consultant at entry, then Senior Consultant, Manager, Senior Manager, Director, Executive Director or Principal, and finally Partner. As reported on levels.fyi in June 2026 on the Management Consultant track, total compensation commonly runs around $104K at Consultant, $156K at Senior Consultant, $212K at Manager, and $269K at Senior Manager. A key contrast with public-company pages: EY is a private partnership, so stock is $0 at every level, and pay is base salary plus a cash bonus only. Above Senior Manager the data thins out: Director and Executive Director or Principal are sparse or locked on levels.fyi, so there is no reliable public median, and Partner compensation is an equity profit-share rather than a salary band, so there is no clean median there either. Match the scope you own to the band, then scan your resume against an EY job description.

EY's advisory ladder runs Consultant (often titled Staff at entry), then Senior Consultant, Manager, Senior Manager, Director, Executive Director or Principal, and finally Partner. Titles vary across the firm because EY operates as member firms, so the named ladder is the useful mental model rather than one rigid global scale.

The single biggest contrast with a public-company pay page is the equity line. EY is a private partnership, not a listed company, so there are no RSUs or stock options anywhere on the ladder. From Consultant through Senior Manager, total compensation is base salary plus a cash bonus, and equity is $0. Ownership arrives only at the Partner and Principal tier, and it is an equity profit-share funded by a buy-in, not publicly traded stock.

Every compensation figure on this page is levels.fyi crowdsourced data accessed June 2026 on the Management Consultant track, not an official EY number, and it varies by location, service line, and the size of the cash bonus.

The data is also uneven by band. levels.fyi can quantify a clean median through Senior Manager, around $269K. Above that it thins out: Director and Executive Director or Principal are sparse or locked, so we assert no median, and Partner pay is a profit-share rather than a salary, so there is no clean median there either, only a hedged directional range. EY publishes no official level-to-comp map, so these are commonly reported community figures, not firm documentation.

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 scope of ownership, levels.fyi-anchored compensation, and the resume signal the level expects. All compensation is levels.fyi crowdsourced data accessed June 2026 on the Management Consultant track, not official EY figures, and stock is $0 at every level because EY is a private partnership. For the wider hiring picture, start with the EY resume guide.

Consultant
Advisory track

Consultant (Staff, entry)

The entry point across the advisory practices. The campus and early-career rung, often titled Staff.

Total compensation

As reported on levels.fyi, June 2026, the Consultant (Staff) band commonly reports total compensation around $104K, with a typical range of roughly $86K to $130K plus. EY is a private partnership, so stock is $0 at every level; pay is base salary plus a cash bonus only. Community-sourced, not official EY figures.

Scope of ownership

Executes well-scoped analysis and deliverables under supervision, owns a slice of a workstream, and learns the methodology, the client, and the tooling. The entry years are 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 impact reads strongest at entry.

Senior Consultant
Advisory track

Senior Consultant

The first promotion, still primarily a delivery role. Owns a workstream and is a primary client contact.

Total compensation

As reported on levels.fyi, June 2026, the Senior Consultant band commonly reports total compensation around $156K, with a typical range of roughly $130K to $194K plus. Base plus cash bonus, with $0 equity, since EY is a private partnership. Community-sourced, not official EY figures.

Scope of ownership

Owns a workstream end to end, manages consultants and 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 Senior Consultant resume that reads like a Consultant resume (task-level) calibrates down.

Manager
Advisory track

Manager

Owns delivery of a project or capability, and manages the team and the client relationship.

Total compensation

As reported on levels.fyi, June 2026, the Manager band commonly reports total compensation around $212K, with a typical range of roughly $172K to $250K plus. The cash bonus share rises here; stock is still $0, because EY is a private partnership. Community-sourced, not official EY figures.

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
Advisory track

Senior Manager

Senior leadership below the partner track. The last salaried band levels.fyi can quantify cleanly.

Total compensation

As reported on levels.fyi, June 2026, the Senior Manager band commonly reports total compensation around $269K, with a typical range of roughly $200K to $322K plus. Base plus a larger cash bonus, still with $0 equity. This is the last band with a clean public median. Community-sourced, not official EY figures.

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 a down-level signal here.

Director / Exec Director
Salaried bridge

Director / Executive Director / Principal

The salaried bridge between Senior Manager and the partnership, used mainly in Consulting and EY-Parthenon.

Total compensation

No clean levels.fyi median. The Director and Executive Director or Principal bands are sparse or locked on levels.fyi, so there is no reliable public figure to assert. Pay is still base plus cash bonus with $0 equity at this salaried tier. We deliberately print no number here. Community data, not official EY figures.

Scope of ownership

Runs large accounts or a capability area and is a senior face to the client, accountable for sold and delivered work, but is still a salaried employee rather than a firm owner. Consulting and EY-Parthenon use these titles; Parthenon in particular uses Principal.

Resume signal expectations

Lead with multi-account or practice-scale outcomes: revenue owned, businesses built, leaders developed. With no reliable public comp at this band, anchor the resume on enterprise scope, not a number.

Partner
Equity tier

Partner / Principal (equity)

Admission by partner vote after a sponsored, multi-year case. The ownership tier, not a salary band.

Total compensation

No clean levels.fyi median. Partner and Principal compensation is an equity profit-share, not a salary band, so there is no reliable public figure. Directional only: commonly reported roughly $500K to $1M plus and highly variable by book of business, with a partner buy-in commonly reported around $150K to $750K. Treat any single partner number as an estimate. Community data, not official EY figures.

Scope of ownership

Owns a book of business, a P&L, and a firm ownership stake. Partners and Principals are equity co-owners who put capital at risk through a buy-in, not employees. Admission is by partner vote, the end of a multi-year sponsored case.

Resume signal expectations

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

Salary reference

EY pay by level,
on the consulting track.

Median total compensation and the typical reported range for each band, consolidated from the levels.fyi EY uploads on the Management Consultant track. Total compensation here means base salary plus cash bonus, because EY is a private partnership and stock is $0 at every level. Director and Partner are left without a clean median on purpose: the Director and Executive Director bands are sparse or locked, and partner pay is an equity profit-share. Every figure is community-sourced, not an official EY number.

BandTitleMedian total compTypical range
ConsultantConsultant (Staff, entry)~$104K~$86K to $130K plus
Senior ConsultantSenior Consultant~$156K~$130K to $194K plus
ManagerManager~$212K~$172K to $250K plus
Senior ManagerSenior Manager~$269K~$200K to $322K plus
DirectorDirector / Executive DirectorNo clean levels.fyi medianSparse / not reliably reported
PartnerPartner / Principal (equity)No clean medianDirectional ~$500K to $1M plus, profit-share

Source: levels.fyi crowdsourced data, Management Consultant track, accessed June 2026. Not official EY compensation, and it varies by location, service line, and bonus. Stock is $0 at every level because EY is a private partnership. Director and Partner are left without a clean median on purpose: the Director bands are sparse, and partner pay is an equity profit-share.

Senior Manager
Salaried employee, $0 equity
Comp structure
A W-2 salary plus a cash bonus, with $0 equity. As reported on levels.fyi June 2026, around $269K total at the median, the last band with a clean public figure.
How you reach it
Promotion on performance and tenure. You are advanced by the firm as your scope and results grow, the way every salaried band below it works.
Scope
Runs engagements and teams, owns a portfolio or account, and is accountable for both sold and delivered work, but as a salaried leader.
Risk
An employee. Compensation is a salary plus bonus, with no capital at risk in the firm.
Partner
Equity co-owner, capital at risk
Comp structure
An equity profit-share draw, not a salary, plus a partner buy-in commonly reported around $150K to $750K. There is no clean levels.fyi median, only a directional range.
How you reach it
Admission by partner vote at the end of a multi-year, sponsored case. You are elected into the ownership group, not promoted into it.
Scope
Owns a book of business, a P&L, and a firm ownership stake. A Partner is responsible for the franchise, not just the delivery within it.
Risk
A co-owner with capital at risk. The buy-in is real money committed to the partnership, and the profit-share rises and falls with the business.
Consulting / EY-Parthenon
  • EntryConsultant (Staff)
  • PromoteSenior Consultant
  • Own deliveryManager
  • Own the accountSenior Manager
  • BridgeDirector / Exec Director
  • ParthenonPrincipal common
  • Own the firmPartner

The strategy and consulting practices use Director, Executive Director, and Principal as the salaried bridge between Senior Manager and Partner.

Assurance / Audit and Tax
  • EntryStaff / Consultant
  • PromoteSenior
  • Own deliveryManager
  • Senior leadSenior Manager
  • BridgeUsed less often
  • Own the firmPartner
  • NoteMember-firm titles vary

Assurance and Tax more often run Senior Manager toward Partner, leaning less on the Director and Executive Director bridge titles.

FAQ

EY levels FAQ

The questions most candidates surface when they map their experience to EY's 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 the levels at EY?

EY's advisory ladder runs Consultant (often titled Staff at entry), then Senior Consultant, Manager, Senior Manager, Director, Executive Director or Principal, and finally Partner. In Consulting and EY-Parthenon, Director and Executive Director, and Principal especially in Parthenon, sit between Senior Manager and Partner; Assurance and Tax more often run Senior Manager toward Partner. Titles vary because EY operates as member firms across service lines, so the named ladder is the useful mental model rather than one rigid global scale.

How much does an EY Senior Consultant make?

As reported on levels.fyi in June 2026 on the Management Consultant track, an EY Senior Consultant commonly reports total compensation around $156K, with a typical range of roughly $130K to $194K plus. EY is a private partnership, so there is no stock at any level; pay is base salary plus a cash bonus only. These are community-sourced figures, not official EY numbers, and they vary by location, service line, and the size of the annual bonus.

How much does an EY Manager make?

As reported on levels.fyi in June 2026 on the Management Consultant track, an EY Manager commonly reports total compensation around $212K, with a typical range of roughly $172K to $250K plus. The cash bonus share rises at this band, but stock is still $0, because EY is a private partnership where pay is base plus bonus. These are community-sourced figures, not official EY numbers, and they vary by location, service line, and bonus.

How many partners does EY have?

There is no official, dated, firm-wide US partner count. Commonly cited figures, both as of 2023, are about 13,581 EY partners globally and about 3,691 US partners across 131 US offices. EY named about 966 new partners globally in its FY2023 class, with the Americas roughly 39 percent. For scale, EY reported 406,209 staff globally in FY2025, so partners are well under 1 percent of the workforce. Treat these as dated, hedged figures rather than a confirmed current US total.

What is the difference between a Senior Manager and a Partner at EY?

A Senior Manager is a salaried employee: a W-2 base plus a cash bonus with $0 equity, around $269K total at the median per levels.fyi June 2026, advanced by promotion on performance and tenure, running engagements and teams. A Partner is an equity co-owner: pay is a profit-share draw plus a partner buy-in commonly reported around $150K to $750K, reached by partner vote at the end of a multi-year sponsored case, owning a book of business and a P&L with capital at risk. Director, Executive Director, and Principal are the salaried bridge between the two. EY publishes no official equity or title map, so this reflects practitioner consensus.

Does EY give equity or stock?

No. EY is a private partnership, not a public company, so there are no RSUs or stock options at any level, and equity is $0 from Consultant through Senior Manager. Compensation is base salary plus a cash bonus. Only at the Partner and Principal tier do you gain an ownership stake, and that is an equity profit-share funded by a partner buy-in, not publicly traded stock. This is a real contrast with public-company employers, where stock is often a large share of total compensation.

How much do EY partners make?

There is no reliable public median. Partner compensation at EY is an equity profit-share rather than a salary band, and the levels.fyi sample for the partner tier is too sparse to produce a clean figure. Directionally, partner pay is commonly reported roughly $500K to $1M plus, highly variable by book of business, with a partner buy-in commonly reported around $150K to $750K. Any single number you see, including understated salary-style figures, should be treated as an estimate, not a dependable benchmark, because the firm does not publish partner pay.

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