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Compliance Officer Salary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The annual salary statistics of compliance officers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is shown in Table 1. The wage information of compliance officers in Philadelphia is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Compliance Officers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$44,980
25th Percentile Wage
$56,080
50th Percentile Wage
$76,260
75th Percentile Wage
$93,270
90th Percentile Wage
$113,150

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for compliance officers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $113,150. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $76,260. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $44,980.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of compliance officers from 2012 to 2017.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$76,260
3.17% 7.84%
2016
$73,840
0.93% -
2015
$73,150
-1.59% -
2014
$74,310
1.22% -
2013
$73,400
4.25% -
2012
$70,280
- -

Table 2. Compare Compliance Officer Salary in Philadelphia with Other Pennsylvania Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $76,260 in Philadelphia is in the middle of salary range for compliance officers in state of Pennsylvania. In comparison, the annual salary of compliance officers in Philadelphia is 10.4 percent (10.4%) lower than that in the highest paying Newark-Union and 31.7 percent (31.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Newark-Union
$85,150
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington
$78,760
Philadelphia
$76,260
York-Hanover
$71,210
Harrisburg-Carlisle
$70,080
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton
$67,580
Chambersburg-Waynesboro
$67,330
Reading
$66,740
Pittsburgh
$66,650
Altoona
$65,000
Bloomsburg-Berwick
$64,030
Lancaster
$63,730
State College
$62,490
Erie
$62,000
Williamsport
$61,870
Gettysburg
$61,610
East Stroudsburg
$61,360
Lebanon
$60,180
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre
$60,010
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman
$59,820
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area
$59,450
Johnstown
$59,240
Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area
$58,740
East Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area
$53,000
West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area
$52,120