Most HR consultants make you sit through a sales call to hear a number. Here is how our pricing actually works: published retainer levels, fixed-fee projects quoted before work begins, and hourly support for defined situations.
HR consulting in Texas is typically priced three ways: monthly advisory retainers, fixed-fee projects, and hourly support. Faulkner HR Solutions publishes its retainer levels openly, starting at $1,000 per month for advisory access and ranging to $5,500 and above for fractional HR executive support. Projects such as handbook rebuilds and HR audits are quoted as fixed fees after a scoping call, so you know the investment before work begins.
Ongoing senior HR judgment on a defined monthly rhythm. Published levels, no surprise invoices.
Responsive advisory support for employers who need a senior HR resource on call for questions, document reviews, and decision checks before they act.
Advisory access plus a standing monthly rhythm: open-issue reviews, documentation standards, and supervisor coaching on live situations.
Deeper involvement in people systems: policy upkeep, employee relations handling, compliance oversight, and leadership support across the year.
A senior HR leader who owns the HR function part time: strategy, systems, escalations, and accountability, without the six-figure hire.
Custom-scoped embedded support for organizations with complex, multi-site, public sector, or high-volume employee relations needs.
Defined deliverables, quoted after a short scoping call, so the number is known before the work starts.
Pricing depends on headcount, industry complexity, and how much of your current handbook is salvageable. Includes policy decisions made with you, not templated at you. Learn more.
Scope scales with headcount, locations, and risk areas: classifications, I-9s, records, pay practices, and policies. You receive findings ranked by exposure with a practical fix order. Learn more.
Quoted per matter based on allegations, witnesses, and locations, as a fixed fee or capped hourly estimate. Learn more.
Focused review of exempt status, pay practices, and compression risk, sized to your roster.
For defined single situations: a termination review, a difficult conversation, a policy question with a deadline.
You describe the situation, we quote an estimate up front, and we cap it. Single-situation support frequently converts to a retainer once employers see how much cheaper early advice is than late cleanup, but there is no obligation to continue.
Unpublished pricing usually means pricing by what the client will tolerate. Published ranges force the conversation to start with scope and value instead of negotiation, which is better for both sides.
Headcount, number of locations, the state of your current documentation, public sector or grant compliance layers, and urgency. A handbook rebuild for a 15-person shop with decent bones costs less than one for a 90-person multi-site operation starting from a template.
For any organization with recurring people issues, yes. Retainers price predictability: you call early and often because the meter is not running, which is exactly the behavior that prevents expensive problems.
An experienced HR manager in Texas typically costs six figures with benefits. A senior fractional consultant at $1,000 to $5,500 per month delivers director-level judgment at a fraction of that, which is why most organizations under 150 employees start there.
No. The first 30-minute consult is free, and it ends with a straight recommendation whether or not we work together.
Book a no-cost 30-minute consult. Describe your situation, get a straight recommendation and a clear quote, and decide with real numbers in front of you.
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