Compliance Officers Career, Salary and Skills
Compliance Officers have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $80,730 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 417,070. Wage data is published for 445 locations.
Occupation description
Examine, evaluate, and investigate eligibility for or conformity with laws and regulations governing contract compliance of licenses and permits, and perform other compliance and enforcement inspection and analysis activities not classified elsewhere.
O*NET code
13-1041.00
Job zone
4
Typical education
Not recorded
Experience
Not recorded
National salary and employment
Median annual
$80,730
Hourly median
$38.81
Employment
417,070
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Reading Comprehension | 4.00 | 3.75 |
| Speaking | 3.88 | 3.62 |
| Writing | 3.75 | 3.62 |
| Active Listening | 3.75 | 3.88 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.62 | 3.25 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.50 | 3.62 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 3.50 | 3.38 |
| Monitoring | 3.38 | 3.62 |
| Persuasion | 3.25 | 3.12 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.25 | 2.88 |
Typical tasks
- Warn violators of infractions or penalties.
- Evaluate applications, records, or documents to gather information about eligibility or liability issues.
- Advise licensees or other individuals or groups concerning licensing, permit, or passport regulations.
- Prepare reports of activities, evaluations, recommendations, or decisions.
- Report law or regulation violations to appropriate boards or agencies.
- Confer with or interview officials, technical or professional specialists, or applicants to obtain information or to clarify facts relevant to licensing decisions.
- Issue licenses to individuals meeting standards.
- Collect fees for licenses.
Technology
- Commercial driver's license information system CDLIS
- Computer-assisted testing software
- Database software
- Digital imaging system software
- Document scanning software
- Driving simulators
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Word
- National Driver Register NDR
Compliance Officers salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Compliance Officers Salary in CAMedian $96,980 · Employment 49,880
- Compliance Officers Salary in TXMedian $75,370 · Employment 42,900
- Compliance Officers Salary in FLMedian $74,920 · Employment 29,680
- Compliance Officers Salary in NYMedian $90,080 · Employment 23,500
- Compliance Officers Salary in New York, NYMedian $101,050 · Employment 23,380
- Compliance Officers Salary in PAMedian $85,580 · Employment 19,810
- Compliance Officers Salary in Los Angeles, CAMedian $94,810 · Employment 17,700
- Compliance Officers Salary in VAMedian $80,380 · Employment 15,190
- Compliance Officers Salary in GAMedian $70,200 · Employment 14,390
- Compliance Officers Salary in Washington, DCMedian $100,200 · Employment 13,820
- Compliance Officers Salary in NJMedian $100,000 · Employment 13,310
- Compliance Officers Salary in MAMedian $102,060 · Employment 13,190
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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.