Mid-Level

Regulatory Services Consultant

At a consulting firm, you advise clients on regulatory services across multiple sectors — designing compliance programs, supporting examinations, leading regulatory-change initiatives, and the senior advisory work that companies use to navigate complex regulatory environments.

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What it's like

What it's like to be a Regulatory Services Consultant

Most weeks tend to mix client engagements, regulatory analysis, advisory conversations, and project work — sitting with clients on regulatory strategy, leading workshops on compliance program design, supporting examination responses, drafting interpretation memos. You're often the senior external voice when clients face consequential regulatory work. Client satisfaction and engagement outcomes are the indirect measures.

The harder part is often the multi-client context-switching — consulting work serves several clients simultaneously, each with their own regulatory pressures and timelines. Variance across employers is wide: at large consultancies you have research and operational infrastructure; at boutique advisory firms you build a personal book over years.

This work rewards people who are deeply regulatorily fluent and disciplined under client-service pressure. Sector-specific credentials, JD-adjacent training, and CCEP anchor seniority. The trade-off is the client-service intensity — consulting work runs on client calendars and the constant utilization push that defines billable practices.

Working ConditionsModerate
IndependenceModerate
AchievementModerate
SupportModerate
RecognitionModerate
RelationshipsModerate
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Career Paths

Where this role sits in the broader career landscape — and where it can take you.

$239K$179K$119K$60K$0KLower paying387 metro areas, sorted by salary level
All experience levels1
This level's estimated range
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1 BLS OEWS May 2024 covers all Regulatory Services Consultants (SOC 13-1041.07), not just this title · BEA RPP 2023
* Top salaries exceed this figure. BLS caps reported wages at ~$240K to protect individual privacy in high-earning roles.
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The Broader Landscape

Roles like this one sit within a broader occupational category. The numbers below reflect that full landscape — helpful for context, but your specific experience will depend on level, specialty, and where you work.

$46K–$130K
Salary Range
10th – 90th percentile
398K
U.S. Employment
+3%
10yr Growth
33K
Annual Openings

How this category is changing

$74K$71K$68K$65K$62K201920202021202220232024$62K$74K
BLS OEWS May 2024 · BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034

Skills & Requirements

Active ListeningWritingSpeakingReading ComprehensionJudgment and Decision MakingCritical ThinkingComplex Problem SolvingSystems AnalysisTime ManagementSocial Perceptiveness
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