Compliance Officer salary
What a compliance officer actually earns, from 579 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-09-06.
Switch the market above to see compliance officer pay in the 4 countries our sources cover, each with its own cost of living. The trend, seniority, and state detail below are United States data, where the official record runs deepest.
What the number means
A compliance officer earns a blended US median near 114,412 dollars, with the typical middle running from 81,475 dollars to 162,407 dollars. The official OEWS median is 78,420 dollars, under the posted figure, because the advertised roles skew senior or well-funded. The official trend has moved up about 14 percent since 2019. By seniority, posted pay runs from roughly 64,807 dollars to 172,968 dollars. Demand is rated high, and 5% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is auditor, at 35 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
Open compliance officer roles
Live openings tagged to this occupation, from company career pages and remote boards. Apply at the source.
Regulatory Affairs Specialist at Scale MediaUnited States · Remote$75k–$85k1d agoApply- Compliance Officer - Sanctions at Swissquote Bank SAGland, Vaud, Switzerland1d agoApply
XTN-C257828 | REGULATORY COMPLIANCE MANAGER at KMC Solutions IncUnited States · Remote1d agoApply
Compliance Analyst at CorpayUnited States · Remote$67k–$80k2d agoApply- Program Evaluation and Risk Analyst at Internal Revenue ServiceIRS Nationwide Locations$75k–$145k2d agoApply
Compliance Officer - Growth Programs at AdyenAmsterdam2d agoApply
By seniority
Posted-median pay by seniority signal in the title, from our corpus. Noisy at the edges where sample sizes are small.
By country
- United States$81,475$114,412$162,407
- United Kingdom$47,753$56,591$71,628
- Canada$54,406$65,027$93,580
- Australia$65,523$80,862$101,420
Switzerland · official wage bands
median CHF 9'509/month
Swiss postings do not state pay, so these are not posted salaries: they are the federal wage survey (Lohnstrukturerhebung 2024) for the ISCO group 24 Betriebswirte und vergleichbare Spezialisten: standardized gross monthly, full-time, 13th salary included pro rata. The band covers the whole occupation group, which is coarser than this occupation alone.
Annual ≈ CHF 114'108 at the median. Source: Bundesamt für Statistik, LSE 2024.
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- New Jersey$93,520
- California$92,350
- Delaware$88,450
- Connecticut$87,210
- New York$86,880
- Washington$86,200
Roles that pay more, that these skills already reach
Median pay from each destination’s own postings, with the readiness a compliance officer profile already covers.
- 600 open lawyer roles$179,890 median · +$65,478 · 23% readiness
- 28 open actuary roles$147,204 median · +$32,792 · 26% readiness
- 600 open project manager roles$126,568 median · +$12,156 · 26% readiness
Every measured move out of this role, ranked by readiness: alternative careers for a compliance officer.
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Quick answers
How much does a compliance officer make?
The blended US median is about 114,412 dollars, with a typical range from 81,475 dollars to 162,407 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 78,420 dollars.
Is compliance officer a good career in 2026?
Demand for the role is rated high in our July 2026 corpus, with 5% of postings fully remote. The pay is shown above by seniority and by country.
What can a compliance officer move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is auditor, at 35 percent skill coverage. Run the instrument for the full set of reachable moves.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 13-1041. Unemployment is the 2025 BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics) CPS (Current Population Survey) annual-average rate for “Compliance officers.” Live corpus 579 observations, 2026-09-06. Definitions in the glossary.