Compliance Officers Salary

Median Salary
$80,730
per year
Hourly Rate
$38.81
per hour
Employment
417,070
jobs in the U.S.

Salary Distribution

10th percentile
$48,220
25th percentile
$61,280
Median
$80,730
75th percentile
$109,010
90th percentile
$133,720

💰 Compliance Officers Salary by State

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$63K
$111K■ No data
StateMedianvs. National
District of Columbia$111,030+37.5%
Massachusetts$102,060+26.4%
New Jersey$100,000+23.9%
California$96,980+20.1%
Connecticut$91,810+13.7%
Delaware$91,050+12.8%
Vermont$90,420+12.0%
New York$90,080+11.6%
Washington$88,790+10.0%
Rhode Island$87,620+8.5%
Minnesota$85,920+6.4%
Pennsylvania$85,580+6.0%
Maryland$84,720+4.9%
Maine$83,740+3.7%
Oregon$82,990+2.8%
New Hampshire$82,800+2.6%
Hawaii$82,590+2.3%
Colorado$82,450+2.1%
Illinois$80,550-0.2%
Virginia$80,380-0.4%
Wyoming$79,890-1.0%
North Dakota$79,440-1.6%
Wisconsin$78,800-2.4%
Indiana$78,770-2.4%
North Carolina$78,500-2.8%
Nevada$78,290-3.0%
Michigan$77,390-4.1%
Alaska$76,430-5.3%
Iowa$75,620-6.3%
South Carolina$75,460-6.5%
Idaho$75,450-6.5%
Texas$75,370-6.6%
Ohio$75,030-7.1%
Arizona$74,920-7.2%
Florida$74,920-7.2%
Nebraska$73,920-8.4%
Alabama$72,990-9.6%
South Dakota$72,630-10.0%
Louisiana$70,290-12.9%
Georgia$70,200-13.0%
Kansas$69,740-13.6%
Kentucky$69,240-14.2%
New Mexico$67,990-15.8%
Mississippi$67,450-16.4%
Utah$67,370-16.5%
Missouri$67,270-16.7%
Montana$66,660-17.4%
Arkansas$64,680-19.9%
West Virginia$64,270-20.4%
Tennessee$63,960-20.8%
Oklahoma$63,000-22.0%

🏙️ Compliance Officers Salary by Metro Area

Metro AreaMedianvs. National
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$123,730+53.3%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$118,890+47.3%
Bellingham, WA$109,550+35.7%
El Centro, CA$106,750+32.2%
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$106,330+31.7%
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$103,940+28.8%
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$101,230+25.4%
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$101,050+25.2%
Kennewick-Richland, WA$100,440+24.4%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$100,200+24.1%
Idaho Falls, ID$99,040+22.7%
Boulder, CO$98,350+21.8%
Laredo, TX$98,180+21.6%
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$97,920+21.3%
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$97,470+20.7%
New Haven, CT$96,220+19.2%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$95,850+18.7%
Lexington Park, MD$95,700+18.5%
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$95,220+17.9%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$94,810+17.4%
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$94,420+17.0%
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$93,890+16.3%
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$93,430+15.7%
Casper, WY$93,060+15.3%
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$93,040+15.2%
Fairbanks-College, AK$92,970+15.2%
Portland-South Portland, ME$92,790+14.9%
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$92,690+14.8%
Worcester, MA$91,730+13.6%
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$91,570+13.4%
Minot, ND$91,560+13.4%
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$91,560+13.4%
Salinas, CA$91,210+13.0%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$91,150+12.9%
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$90,290+11.8%
Sheboygan, WI$90,250+11.8%
Eagle Pass, TX$88,100+9.1%
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$87,970+9.0%
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$87,620+8.5%
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$87,530+8.4%
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$86,720+7.4%
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$86,600+7.3%
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$86,540+7.2%
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$86,510+7.2%
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$86,260+6.8%
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$85,780+6.3%
Carson City, NV$85,760+6.2%
Kingston, NY$85,450+5.8%
Reno, NV$85,430+5.8%
Salem, OR$85,150+5.5%
Huntsville, AL$84,990+5.3%
Springfield, MA$84,820+5.1%
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$84,590+4.8%
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$84,500+4.7%
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$84,430+4.6%
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$84,230+4.3%
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$84,090+4.2%
Chico, CA$84,080+4.1%
Greeley, CO$84,030+4.1%
Merced, CA$84,020+4.1%
Midland, TX$83,820+3.8%
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$83,780+3.8%
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$83,700+3.7%
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$83,690+3.7%
Bend, OR$83,640+3.6%
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$83,580+3.5%
Stockton-Lodi, CA$83,470+3.4%
Pittsfield, MA$83,460+3.4%
Urban Honolulu, HI$83,390+3.3%
Manchester-Nashua, NH$83,010+2.8%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$83,000+2.8%
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$82,770+2.5%
Yuba City, CA$82,630+2.4%
Bloomington, IN$82,450+2.1%
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$82,450+2.1%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$82,020+1.6%
Mankato, MN$81,830+1.4%
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$81,640+1.1%
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$81,540+1.0%
Greenville, NC$81,460+0.9%
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$81,330+0.7%
Morgantown, WV$81,270+0.7%
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$81,250+0.6%
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$81,190+0.6%
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$81,090+0.4%
Janesville-Beloit, WI$80,530-0.2%
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$80,520-0.3%
Rochester, MN$80,500-0.3%
Madison, WI$80,440-0.4%
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$80,420-0.4%
Ames, IA$80,370-0.4%
Rochester, NY$80,320-0.5%
Vallejo, CA$80,140-0.7%
Redding, CA$80,050-0.8%
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$80,040-0.9%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$79,920-1.0%
Fresno, CA$79,830-1.1%
Eugene-Springfield, OR$79,820-1.1%
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$79,820-1.1%
Napa, CA$79,810-1.1%
Columbus, OH$79,780-1.2%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$79,770-1.2%
Kenosha, WI$79,720-1.3%
Syracuse, NY$79,710-1.3%
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$79,640-1.4%
Modesto, CA$79,600-1.4%
Raleigh-Cary, NC$79,570-1.4%
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$79,310-1.8%
Barnstable Town, MA$79,290-1.8%
Iowa City, IA$79,060-2.1%
Yakima, WA$78,990-2.2%
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$78,860-2.3%
Lincoln, NE$78,850-2.3%
Lake Charles, LA$78,780-2.4%
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$78,770-2.4%
Columbus, IN$78,770-2.4%
Mobile, AL$78,770-2.4%
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$78,680-2.5%
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$78,640-2.6%
Charlottesville, VA$78,540-2.7%
Appleton, WI$78,460-2.8%
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$78,460-2.8%
Colorado Springs, CO$78,420-2.9%
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$78,330-3.0%
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$78,180-3.2%
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$78,160-3.2%
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$78,120-3.2%
Longview-Kelso, WA$77,940-3.5%
Peoria, IL$77,830-3.6%
Birmingham, AL$77,780-3.7%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$77,760-3.7%
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$77,680-3.8%
Bangor, ME$77,660-3.8%
Kansas City, MO-KS$77,650-3.8%
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$77,550-3.9%
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$77,460-4.1%
St. Louis, MO-IL$77,270-4.3%
Medford, OR$77,260-4.3%
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$77,080-4.5%
Richmond, VA$77,060-4.5%
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$77,030-4.6%
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$76,940-4.7%
Albany, OR$76,810-4.9%
Grand Junction, CO$76,800-4.9%
Springfield, IL$76,790-4.9%
Jacksonville, FL$76,760-4.9%
Lawrence, KS$76,700-5.0%
Burlington, NC$76,650-5.1%
Kankakee, IL$76,530-5.2%
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$76,520-5.2%
Las Cruces, NM$76,380-5.4%
Corvallis, OR$76,370-5.4%
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$76,300-5.5%
Anchorage, AK$76,290-5.5%
Sandusky, OH$76,140-5.7%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$75,920-6.0%
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$75,890-6.0%
Green Bay, WI$75,810-6.1%
Fort Wayne, IN$75,790-6.1%
Binghamton, NY$75,750-6.2%
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$75,690-6.2%
Terre Haute, IN$75,610-6.3%
St. Cloud, MN$75,500-6.5%
Jacksonville, NC$75,360-6.7%
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$75,360-6.7%
Duluth, MN-WI$75,190-6.9%
Salisbury, MD$75,190-6.9%
Rapid City, SD$75,160-6.9%
Bozeman, MT$75,090-7.0%
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$75,010-7.1%
Grand Forks, ND-MN$74,980-7.1%
Winston-Salem, NC$74,980-7.1%
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$74,660-7.5%
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$74,590-7.6%
Cleveland, OH$74,480-7.7%
Wilmington, NC$74,430-7.8%
Naples-Marco Island, FL$74,350-7.9%
Owensboro, KY$74,330-7.9%
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$74,320-7.9%
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$74,240-8.0%
Akron, OH$74,200-8.1%
Wheeling, WV-OH$74,200-8.1%
Vineland, NJ$74,070-8.2%
Monroe, MI$74,000-8.3%
Eau Claire, WI$73,920-8.4%
El Paso, TX$73,920-8.4%
Visalia, CA$73,860-8.5%
Grants Pass, OR$73,740-8.7%
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$73,650-8.8%
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$73,590-8.8%
Ann Arbor, MI$73,460-9.0%
Walla Walla, WA$73,430-9.0%
Savannah, GA$73,320-9.2%
Sumter, SC$73,320-9.2%
Warner Robins, GA$73,320-9.2%
Wausau, WI$73,320-9.2%
Odessa, TX$73,280-9.2%
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$73,200-9.3%
Columbia, SC$72,990-9.6%
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$72,960-9.6%
Fond du Lac, WI$72,890-9.7%
Boise City, ID$72,860-9.7%
San Angelo, TX$72,850-9.8%
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$72,840-9.8%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$72,810-9.8%
Glens Falls, NY$72,800-9.8%
Enid, OK$72,700-9.9%
Wichita Falls, TX$72,690-10.0%
Harrisonburg, VA$72,680-10.0%
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$72,610-10.1%
Champaign-Urbana, IL$72,560-10.1%
Decatur, AL$72,550-10.1%
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$72,480-10.2%
Battle Creek, MI$72,240-10.5%
York-Hanover, PA$72,210-10.6%
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$72,010-10.8%
Guam$71,930-10.9%
Greensboro-High Point, NC$71,850-11.0%
Lexington-Fayette, KY$71,700-11.2%
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$71,690-11.2%
Jackson, MI$71,680-11.2%
Pueblo, CO$71,510-11.4%
Asheville, NC$71,230-11.8%
Lima, OH$71,210-11.8%
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$71,120-11.9%
Billings, MT$71,070-12.0%
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$70,930-12.1%
Fayetteville, NC$70,740-12.4%
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$70,720-12.4%
Pittsburgh, PA$70,560-12.6%
Tucson, AZ$70,550-12.6%
State College, PA$70,450-12.7%
Williamsport, PA$70,450-12.7%
Utica-Rome, NY$70,390-12.8%
Columbus, GA-AL$70,200-13.0%
Bay City, MI$70,140-13.1%
Montgomery, AL$70,080-13.2%
Gadsden, AL$69,990-13.3%
Tuscaloosa, AL$69,950-13.4%
Bismarck, ND$69,940-13.4%
Paducah, KY-IL$69,780-13.6%
Logan, UT-ID$69,730-13.6%
Tulsa, OK$69,440-14.0%
Omaha, NE-IA$69,350-14.1%
Toledo, OH$69,310-14.1%
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$69,290-14.2%
Hammond, LA$69,240-14.2%
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$69,220-14.3%
Jackson, MS$68,950-14.6%
Rocky Mount, NC$68,880-14.7%
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$68,780-14.8%
Florence, SC$68,520-15.1%
Spartanburg, SC$68,500-15.1%
Midland, MI$68,440-15.2%
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$68,310-15.4%
Manhattan, KS$68,240-15.5%
Twin Falls, ID$68,170-15.6%
Cedar Rapids, IA$68,140-15.6%
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$68,120-15.6%
Lafayette, LA$68,080-15.7%
Chattanooga, TN-GA$68,000-15.8%
Virgin Islands$67,990-15.8%
Cheyenne, WY$67,640-16.2%
Ithaca, NY$67,530-16.4%
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$67,120-16.9%
Grand Island, NE$67,050-16.9%
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$67,050-16.9%
Fargo, ND-MN$67,020-17.0%
Sherman-Denison, TX$66,960-17.1%
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$66,920-17.1%
Albuquerque, NM$66,860-17.2%
Gainesville, GA$66,730-17.3%
College Station-Bryan, TX$66,720-17.4%
St. Joseph, MO-KS$66,670-17.4%
Great Falls, MT$66,660-17.4%
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$66,620-17.5%
Lebanon, PA$66,560-17.6%
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$66,060-18.2%
Abilene, TX$66,020-18.2%
Flint, MI$65,830-18.5%
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$65,780-18.5%
Saginaw, MI$65,770-18.5%
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$65,730-18.6%
Canton-Massillon, OH$65,590-18.8%
Reading, PA$65,520-18.8%
Elmira, NY$65,480-18.9%
Johnstown, PA$65,430-19.0%
Columbia, MO$65,390-19.0%
Lancaster, PA$65,220-19.2%
Knoxville, TN$65,120-19.3%
Erie, PA$64,860-19.7%
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$64,860-19.7%
Yuma, AZ$64,820-19.7%
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$64,730-19.8%
Altoona, PA$64,500-20.1%
Amarillo, TX$64,470-20.1%
Roanoke, VA$64,390-20.2%
Victoria, TX$64,310-20.3%
Auburn-Opelika, AL$64,270-20.4%
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$64,260-20.4%
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$64,150-20.5%
Bloomington, IL$64,030-20.7%
Rockford, IL$63,890-20.9%
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$63,860-20.9%
Lynchburg, VA$63,780-21.0%
Helena, MT$63,740-21.0%
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV$63,430-21.4%
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$63,350-21.5%
Mansfield, OH$63,320-21.6%
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$63,290-21.6%
Elizabethtown, KY$63,280-21.6%
Oklahoma City, OK$63,220-21.7%
Longview, TX$63,180-21.7%
Fort Smith, AR-OK$63,130-21.8%
St. George, UT$63,020-21.9%
Athens-Clarke County, GA$62,970-22.0%
Topeka, KS$62,950-22.0%
Homosassa Springs, FL$62,850-22.1%
Wichita, KS$62,850-22.1%
Decatur, IL$62,810-22.2%
Corpus Christi, TX$62,790-22.2%
Farmington, NM$62,690-22.3%
Morristown, TN$62,590-22.5%
Gettysburg, PA$62,550-22.5%
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$62,520-22.6%
Dover, DE$62,450-22.6%
Coeur d'Alene, ID$62,410-22.7%
Santa Fe, NM$62,380-22.7%
Dalton, GA$62,300-22.8%
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$62,250-22.9%
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$62,210-22.9%
Killeen-Temple, TX$62,180-23.0%
Goldsboro, NC$62,030-23.2%
Clarksville, TN-KY$61,930-23.3%
Flagstaff, AZ$61,930-23.3%
Missoula, MT$61,910-23.3%
Traverse City, MI$61,870-23.4%
Niles, MI$61,800-23.4%
Lawton, OK$61,780-23.5%
Alexandria, LA$61,670-23.6%
Johnson City, TN$61,520-23.8%
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$61,510-23.8%
Winchester, VA-WV$61,470-23.9%
Lubbock, TX$61,410-23.9%
Hattiesburg, MS$61,360-24.0%
Evansville, IN$61,280-24.1%
Tyler, TX$61,180-24.2%
Joplin, MO-KS$61,060-24.4%
Dubuque, IA$60,870-24.6%
Springfield, MO$60,820-24.7%
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$60,790-24.7%
Youngstown-Warren, OH$60,770-24.7%
Muncie, IN$60,400-25.2%
Springfield, OH$60,400-25.2%
Port St. Lucie, FL$60,300-25.3%
Jackson, TN$59,810-25.9%
Monroe, LA$59,530-26.3%
Valdosta, GA$59,500-26.3%
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$59,480-26.3%
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$59,300-26.5%
Pocatello, ID$59,150-26.7%
Bowling Green, KY$59,100-26.8%
Ogden, UT$58,870-27.1%
Lewiston, ID-WA$58,660-27.3%
Albany, GA$58,470-27.6%
Waco, TX$58,360-27.7%
Dothan, AL$58,220-27.9%
Ocala, FL$57,890-28.3%
Beckley, WV$57,870-28.3%
Baton Rouge, LA$57,480-28.8%
Chambersburg, PA$57,130-29.2%
Jonesboro, AR$56,310-30.2%
Gainesville, FL$56,010-30.6%
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$55,060-31.8%
Cleveland, TN$55,040-31.8%
Anniston-Oxford, AL$54,600-32.4%
Charleston, WV$54,520-32.5%
Sebring, FL$53,520-33.7%
Texarkana, TX-AR$53,150-34.2%
Mayaguez, PR$52,790-34.6%
Hinesville, GA$52,020-35.6%
Punta Gorda, FL$50,700-37.2%
Macon-Bibb County, GA$50,340-37.6%
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$49,570-38.6%
Arecibo, PR$49,360-38.9%
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$49,190-39.1%
Tallahassee, FL$49,100-39.2%
Puerto Rico$48,950-39.4%
Hot Springs, AR$48,430-40.0%
Guayama, PR$47,050-41.7%
Ponce, PR$46,780-42.1%
Jefferson City, MO$46,040-43.0%
Rome, GA$39,000-51.7%
Aguadilla, PR$36,400-54.9%
Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Data reflects the most recent annual survey.