Compliance Officers · SOC 13-1041

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Compliance Officerss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for compliance officers. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 391 metro areas

Compliance Officers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$123,730	2,690	2.4
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$118,890	7,500	3.2
3	Bellingham, WA	$109,550	640	7.0
4	El Centro, CA	$106,750	840	12.9
5	Brunswick-St. Simons, GA	$106,330	670	14.4
6	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$103,940	10,920	4.0
7	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$101,230	6,120	4.0
8	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$101,050	23,380	2.5
9	Kennewick-Richland, WA	$100,440	400	3.1
10	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$100,200	13,820	4.4
11	Idaho Falls, ID	$99,040	230	2.8
12	Boulder, CO	$98,350	480	2.5
13	Laredo, TX	$98,180	1,440	13.2
14	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$97,920	790	2.0
15	Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	$97,470	910	5.8
16	New Haven, CT	$96,220	500	1.8
17	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$95,850	6,440	3.1
18	Lexington Park, MD	$95,700	220	3.1
19	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$95,220	2,820	2.6
20	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$94,810	17,700	2.8
21	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$94,420	410	2.0
22	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$93,890	1,390	2.3
23	Burlington-South Burlington, VT	$93,430	1,440	12.0
24	Casper, WY	$93,060	70	1.9
25	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	$93,040	370	3.4

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Compliance Officers overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.