Compliance Officers
United States. Estimated employment 417,070, with pages for 39 metro areas below.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 13-1041
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$80,730 · 50th
$48,22010th
$61,28025th
$80,73050th
$109,01075th
$133,72090th
That is the median — half of compliance officers in the US earn more.
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Compliance Officers page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
| Metro area | Median | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose, CA | $123,730 | 2,690 |
| San Francisco, CA | $118,890 | 7,500 |
| El Centro, CA | $106,750 | 840 |
| Boston, MA | $103,940 | 10,920 |
| San Diego, CA | $101,230 | 6,120 |
| New York, NY | $101,050 | 23,380 |
| Washington, DC | $100,200 | 13,820 |
| Laredo, TX | $98,180 | 1,440 |
| Brownsville, TX | $97,470 | 910 |
| Sacramento, CA | $95,220 | 2,820 |
| Los Angeles, CA | $94,810 | 17,700 |
| Santa Rosa, CA | $94,420 | 410 |
| Oxnard, CA | $92,690 | 690 |
| Worcester, MA | $91,730 | 830 |
| Watertown, NY | $91,560 | 210 |
| Eagle Pass, TX | $88,100 | 370 |
| Kingston, NY | $85,450 | 110 |
| Springfield, MA | $84,820 | 580 |
| Palm Bay, FL | $84,230 | 630 |
| Midland, TX | $83,820 | 300 |
| Pittsfield, MA | $83,460 | 110 |
| Buffalo, NY | $82,450 | 2,180 |
| Albany, NY | $81,190 | 1,710 |
| Kiryas Joel, NY | $81,090 | 430 |
| Rochester, NY | $80,320 | 1,140 |
| Miami, FL | $79,770 | 10,530 |
| Syracuse, NY | $79,710 | 580 |
| Barnstable Town, MA | $79,290 | 150 |
| Houston, TX | $78,860 | 8,450 |
| Dallas, TX | $77,760 | 12,530 |
| Amherst Town, MA | $77,550 | 110 |
| Wildwood, FL | $77,080 | 140 |
| Jacksonville, FL | $76,760 | 2,050 |
| Tampa, FL | $75,920 | 4,110 |
| Pensacola, FL | $75,010 | 430 |
| Crestview, FL | $74,660 | 230 |
| Naples, FL | $74,350 | 330 |
| El Paso, TX | $73,920 | 2,660 |
| Odessa, TX | $73,280 | 120 |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Employment
- 417,070 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 13-1041, Compliance Officers. Mapped to our taxonomy as compliance-officers.
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