Highest-paying Cities for Compliance Officers

The top 100 highest paying cities for compliance officers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of compliance officers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $100,730, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is the highest paying city for compliance officers. It is followed by California-Lexington Park, Maryland (average annual salary $98,020). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of compliance officers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Compliance Officers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$100,730	$54,230	2,400
2	California-Lexington Park, Maryland	$98,020	$49,900	80
3	Brunswick, Georgia	$95,220	$56,530	620
4	St Marys County, Maryland	$92,920	$43,260	70
5	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$92,830	$55,960	6,980
6	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$91,420	$68,330	490
7	El Centro, California	$91,250	$51,210	800
8	Bellingham, Washington	$90,520	$49,920	670
9	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$90,490	$55,670	12,450
10	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$90,480	$57,480	170
11	Greeley, Colorado	$90,400	$50,980	420
12	East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$89,940	$52,920	180
13	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$89,600	$60,820	200
14	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$89,340	$55,320	3,610
15	Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$89,270	$51,060	290
16	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$89,070	$58,570	210
17	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$88,980	$53,980	2,800
18	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$88,340	$51,220	5,130
19	Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas	$87,300	$43,180	920
20	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$87,300	$50,830	700
21	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$87,180	$53,450	120
22	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$86,860	$50,380	5,850
23	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$86,350	$50,290	8,920
24	Corvallis, Oregon	$86,310	$49,170	80
25	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$85,730	$53,730	20,240
26	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$85,240	$47,180	1,910
27	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$85,150	$49,800	4,120
28	Midland, Texas	$84,990	$47,990	290
29	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$84,800	$53,470	6,670
30	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$84,720	$48,840	210
31	Wilmington, North Carolina	$84,380	$36,650	230
32	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$84,120	$51,670	1,320
33	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$83,050	$46,020	1,830
34	Charlottesville, Virginia	$82,840	$49,950	310
35	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$82,550	$49,550	340
36	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$82,490	$50,550	1,130
37	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$82,320	$52,000	410
38	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$82,270	$50,040	1,470
39	Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$82,210	$60,560	110
40	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$82,120	$52,810	4,690
41	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$82,060	$49,630	8,910
42	Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$81,990	$41,900	400
43	El Paso, Texas	$81,990	$37,520	2,130
44	Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$81,990	$54,720	110
45	Laredo, Texas	$81,850	$41,520	1,390
46	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$81,810	$35,870	350
47	Northwestern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$81,800	$49,840	60
48	Far Eastern North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$81,790	$43,210	130
49	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$81,710	$38,340	3,710
50	Fairbanks, Alaska	$81,680	$57,450	70
51	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$81,480	$52,490	5,350
52	Bloomington, Indiana	$81,370	$48,140	240
53	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$81,330	$46,080	410
54	Ithaca, New York	$81,260	$49,670	80
55	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$81,220	$50,040	560
56	Madera-Chowchilla, California	$80,970	$52,720	50
57	New Haven, Connecticut	$80,960	$48,830	410
58	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$80,620	$49,080	4,920
59	Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$80,570	$43,240	120
60	Sierra Vista-Douglas, Arizona	$80,430	$36,910	260
61	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$80,410	$49,800	1,270
62	Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$80,340	$38,000	160
63	Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$80,330	$50,360	660
64	Boulder, Colorado	$80,320	$47,510	490
65	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$80,260	$52,050	2,320
66	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$80,130	$56,890	150
67	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$80,040	$48,020	6,890
68	Grand Forks, North Dakota	$80,000	$56,530	60
69	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia	$79,930	$45,410	240
70	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$79,840	$50,980	580
71	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$79,750	$50,230	2,570
72	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$79,670	$46,640	10,770
73	Huntsville, Alabama	$79,660	$45,480	270
74	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$79,440	$41,340	880
75	Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$79,350	$44,720	540
76	Watertown-Fort Drum, New York	$79,350	$44,720	190
77	Salinas, California	$79,300	$46,890	240
78	Worcester, Massachusetts	$79,220	$49,510	550
79	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$79,130	$57,260	220
80	Rochester, Minnesota	$79,100	$50,550	140
81	Kankakee-Bradley, Illinois	$79,080	$48,170	30
82	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$79,050	$46,860	4,940
83	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$78,900	$46,350	270
84	Sandusky, Ohio	$78,770	$43,870	40
85	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$78,760	$47,650	6,670
86	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$78,750	$48,710	16,790
87	Danbury, Connecticut	$78,520	$48,930	100
88	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$78,280	$51,130	960
89	Anchorage, Alaska	$77,940	$50,280	450
90	Springfield, Massachusetts	$77,840	$48,370	500
91	Dover-Durham, New Hampshire	$77,730	$46,210	60
92	Chico, California	$77,720	$48,330	180
93	Napa, California	$77,500	$46,330	140
94	Madison, Wisconsin	$77,400	$49,550	1,630
95	Stockton, California	$77,300	$47,390	390
96	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$77,020	$44,740	620
97	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$76,920	$45,110	3,310
98	Framingham, Massachusetts	$76,310	$46,780	640
99	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$76,260	$44,980	2,280
100	Longview, Washington	$76,130	$52,370	60

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for compliance officers.