The annual salary statistics of compliance officers in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage information of compliance officers in Watertown-Fort Drum is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $44,720 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $54,720 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $79,350 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $95,220 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $97,880 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for compliance officers in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $97,880. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $79,350. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $44,720.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of compliance officers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $79,350 | 2.36% | 13.13% |
| 2021 | $77,480 | 19.33% | - |
| 2020 | $62,500 | -2.74% | - |
| 2019 | $64,210 | -5.82% | - |
| 2018 | $67,950 | -6.11% | - |
| 2017 | $72,100 | 4.40% | - |
| 2016 | $68,930 | 8.86% | - |
| 2015 | $62,820 | -9.73% | - |
| 2012 | $68,930 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $79,350 in Watertown-Fort Drum is in the middle of salary range for compliance officers in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of compliance officers in Watertown-Fort Drum is 9.1 percent (9.1%) lower than that in the highest paying Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area and 29.9 percent (29.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying East Central New York nonmetropolitan area.