Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers Career, Salary and Skills
Equal Opportunity Representatives and 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
Monitor and evaluate compliance with equal opportunity laws, guidelines, and policies to ensure that employment practices and contracting arrangements give equal opportunity without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability.
O*NET code
13-1041.03
Job zone
4
Typical education
Bachelor's Degree
Experience
Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Active Listening | 4.25 | 4.62 |
| Reading Comprehension | 4.12 | 4.75 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 4.00 | 4.12 |
| Speaking | 4.00 | 4.25 |
| Critical Thinking | 4.00 | 4.50 |
| Writing | 3.88 | 4.38 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.75 | 3.62 |
| Active Learning | 3.75 | 4.00 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.62 | 3.75 |
| Monitoring | 3.38 | 3.88 |
Typical tasks
- Investigate employment practices or alleged violations of laws to document and correct discriminatory factors.
- Prepare reports related to investigations of equal opportunity complaints.
- Interview persons involved in equal opportunity complaints to verify case information.
- Study equal opportunity complaints to clarify issues.
- Interpret civil rights laws and equal opportunity regulations for individuals or employers.
- Meet with persons involved in equal opportunity complaints to arbitrate and settle disputes.
- Monitor the implementation and impact of guidelines for nondiscriminatory employment practices.
- Develop guidelines for nondiscriminatory employment practices.
Technology
- Bashen EEOFedSoft
- Bashen EEOSoft
- Bashen LinkLine
- Berkshire Associates BALANCEaap
- Biddle Adverse Impact Toolkit
- Biddle AutoAAP
- Corel WordPerfect Office Suite
- Database software
- EEO Made Simple AAPMaker
- EEO Made Simple AppTrac
- Equal employment opportunity EEO compliance software
- Equitas EEOStat
- Gerstco AAPBase
- IBM Lotus 1-2-3
Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers Salary in CAMedian $96,980 · Employment 49,880
- Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers Salary in TXMedian $75,370 · Employment 42,900
- Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers Salary in FLMedian $74,920 · Employment 29,680
- Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers Salary in NYMedian $90,080 · Employment 23,500
- Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers Salary in New York, NYMedian $101,050 · Employment 23,380
- Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers Salary in PAMedian $85,580 · Employment 19,810
- Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers Salary in Los Angeles, CAMedian $94,810 · Employment 17,700
- Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers Salary in VAMedian $80,380 · Employment 15,190
- Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers Salary in GAMedian $70,200 · Employment 14,390
- Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers Salary in Washington, DCMedian $100,200 · Employment 13,820
- Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers Salary in NJMedian $100,000 · Employment 13,310
- Equal Opportunity Representatives and 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.