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Highest Paying Industries for Compliance Officers

The top 100 highest paying industries 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 in those industries are also shown. As shown in the table, with an average annual salary of $104,030, other pipeline transportation is the highest paying industry for compliance officers. It is followed by natural gas distribution industry (average annual salary $92,030). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in May 2015 [1]. For more information about salaries of compliance officers in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest Paying Industries for Compliance Officers

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Other Pipeline Transportation	$104,030	$48,630	30
2	Natural Gas Distribution	$92,030	$57,140	770
3	Securities and Commodity Exchanges	$91,580	$56,590	120
4	General Merchandise Stores	$90,510	$63,020	120
5	Other General Merchandise Stores	$89,840	$60,990	110
6	Motion Picture and Video Industries	$89,670	$56,700	80
7	Other Financial Investment Activities	$84,470	$49,020	2,520
8	Monetary Authorities-Central Bank	$83,960	$47,200	n/a
9	Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing	$83,780	$51,990	120
10	Rail Transportation	$82,400	$51,400	150
11	Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities	$82,060	$48,940	5,650
12	Postal Service (federal government)	$82,050	$59,940	1,440
13	Utilities	$81,770	$47,610	2,830
14	Wired Telecommunications Carriers	$81,700	$46,510	1,060
15	Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing	$81,410	$51,010	140
16	Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing	$81,070	$45,940	210
17	Pipeline Transportation	$80,720	$44,520	320
18	Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution	$80,610	$49,830	1,900
19	Metal Ore Mining	$79,990	$43,060	n/a
20	Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries	$79,970	$33,310	110
21	Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing	$79,870	$42,610	30
22	Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil	$79,770	$44,700	70
23	Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage	$79,510	$48,520	3,000
24	Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing	$78,990	$50,000	1,420
25	Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers	$78,380	$41,290	550
26	Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing	$78,370	$50,300	880
27	Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing	$78,350	$49,670	1,040
28	Deep Sea, Coastal, and Great Lakes Water Transportation	$78,310	$52,480	90
29	Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas	$78,290	$44,060	220
30	Communications Equipment Manufacturing	$77,920	$50,240	100
31	Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing	$77,290	$45,090	150
32	Oil and Gas Extraction	$76,850	$43,140	1,120
33	Software Publishers	$76,840	$46,220	630
34	Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences	$76,740	$43,390	5,270
35	Federal government, including USPS	$76,460	$49,180	54,270
36	Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	$76,460	$48,770	52,830
37	Scientific Research and Development Services	$76,290	$43,510	5,450
38	Telecommunications	$76,060	$44,100	1,630
39	Broadcasting (except Internet)	$75,840	$45,540	90
40	Publishing Industries (except Internet)	$75,660	$43,620	860
41	Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing	$75,340	$45,930	110
42	Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing	$75,150	$42,920	3,590
43	Basic Chemical Manufacturing	$74,820	$43,390	460
44	Information	$74,250	$43,140	3,400
45	Chemical Manufacturing	$74,240	$42,670	4,770
46	Support Activities for Mining	$74,230	$41,800	1,140
47	Petroleum and Petroleum Products Merchant Wholesalers	$74,150	$32,050	160
48	Other Transportation Equipment Manufacturing	$74,130	$40,080	40
49	Transportation Equipment Manufacturing	$74,040	$44,760	1,290
50	Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing	$73,730	$44,670	1,490
51	Water Transportation	$73,670	$49,060	120
52	Computer Systems Design and Related Services	$73,090	$41,230	2,260
53	Engine, Turbine, and Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing	$73,080	$37,990	50
54	Mining	$73,010	$42,540	2,680
55	Cable and Other Subscription Programming	$72,910	$51,170	60
56	Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations	$72,400	$38,200	2,050
57	Miscellaneous Manufacturing	$72,260	$42,700	1,670
58	Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction	$72,220	$48,220	80
59	Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers	$72,110	$36,370	230
60	Manufacturing	$72,080	$41,280	12,260
61	Household Appliances and Electrical and Electronic Goods Merchant Wholesalers	$71,740	$41,060	270
62	Specialty hospitals - Privately owned	$71,490	$42,610	340
63	Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing	$71,400	$40,340	220
64	Grantmaking and Giving Services	$71,370	$40,890	280
65	Electrical Equipment Manufacturing	$71,300	$44,230	90
66	Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing	$70,830	$42,950	130
67	Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers	$70,820	$40,550	950
68	Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing	$70,690	$40,630	150
69	Urban Transit Systems	$70,590	$42,050	110
70	Direct Insurance (except Life, Health, and Medical) Carriers	$70,520	$39,900	1,920
71	Waste Treatment and Disposal	$70,490	$41,540	230
72	Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals	$70,440	$43,530	450
73	Other Information Services	$70,300	$43,140	240
74	Resin, Synthetic Rubber, and Artificial Synthetic Fibers and Filaments Manufacturing	$70,220	$37,050	170
75	Nonresidential Building Construction	$70,120	$44,440	270
76	Nonscheduled Air Transportation	$69,800	$44,570	40
77	Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations	$69,460	$37,670	3,380
78	Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	$69,430	$35,080	680
79	Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers	$69,370	$42,630	340
80	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$69,290	$41,050	15,140
81	Other Telecommunications	$69,210	$39,910	140
82	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$69,140	$38,170	19,810
83	Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing	$69,140	$43,340	80
84	Insurance and Employee Benefit Funds	$69,130	$41,240	n/a
85	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Local government owned	$69,080	$41,140	730
86	Apparel Manufacturing	$69,010	$42,980	80
87	Other Services (except Federal, State, and Local Government)	$68,960	$37,330	3,510
88	Ship and Boat Building	$68,960	$41,810	170
89	Hospitals - Local government owned	$68,940	$41,070	740
90	Other Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing	$68,870	$29,540	50
91	Hospitals - Privately owned	$68,850	$40,070	5,330
92	Machinery Manufacturing	$68,790	$40,990	500
93	Other Investment Pools and Funds	$68,770	$45,530	50
94	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	$68,730	$40,010	5,690
95	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Privately owned	$68,710	$40,040	4,760
96	Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)	$68,700	$40,040	6,540
97	Specialty hospitals - State government owned	$68,610	$51,130	100
98	Insurance Carriers	$68,610	$42,250	7,740
99	Nonferrous Metal (except Aluminum) Production and Processing	$68,510	$45,380	30
100	Other Food Manufacturing	$68,450	$43,170	150