Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2021
13-1041 Compliance Officers
Examine, evaluate, and investigate eligibility for or conformity with laws and regulations governing contract compliance of licenses and permits, and perform other compliance and enforcement inspection and analysis activities not classified elsewhere. Excludes “Financial Examiners" (13-2061), “Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents” (13-2081), “Occupational Health and Safety Specialists” (19-5011), “Occupational Health and Safety Technicians” (19-5012), “Transportation Security Screeners” (33-9093), “Agricultural Inspectors” (45-2011), “Construction and Building Inspectors” (47-4011), and “Transportation Inspectors” (53-6051).
National estimates for Compliance Officers
Industry profile for Compliance Officers
Geographic profile for Compliance Officers
National estimates for Compliance Officers:
Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for Compliance Officers:
| Employment (1) |
Employment
RSE (3) |
Mean hourly
wage |
Mean annual
wage (2) |
Wage RSE (3) |
| 334,340 |
1.5 % |
$ 36.45 |
$ 75,810 |
0.5 % |
Percentile wage estimates for Compliance Officers:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Hourly Wage |
$ 18.73 |
$ 24.05 |
$ 34.45 |
$ 46.47 |
$ 56.49 |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$ 38,950 |
$ 50,020 |
$ 71,650 |
$ 96,660 |
$ 117,500 |
Industry profile for Compliance Officers:
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for Compliance Officers are provided.
For a list of all industries with employment in Compliance Officers, see the Create Customized Tables function.
Industries with the highest levels of employment in Compliance Officers:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Federal Executive Branch (OEWS Designation) |
61,840 |
2.93 |
$ 42.43 |
$ 88,260 |
| State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OEWS Designation) |
37,580 |
1.71 |
$ 29.01 |
$ 60,330 |
| Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OEWS Designation) |
27,400 |
0.51 |
$ 31.56 |
$ 65,640 |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises |
19,890 |
0.78 |
$ 40.84 |
$ 84,940 |
| Insurance Carriers |
11,310 |
0.94 |
$ 37.96 |
$ 78,960 |
Industries with the highest concentration of employment in Compliance Officers:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Federal Executive Branch (OEWS Designation) |
61,840 |
2.93 |
$ 42.43 |
$ 88,260 |
| State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OEWS Designation) |
37,580 |
1.71 |
$ 29.01 |
$ 60,330 |
| Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works) |
280 |
1.44 |
$ 30.43 |
$ 63,290 |
| Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing |
4,120 |
1.31 |
$ 42.38 |
$ 88,150 |
| Natural Gas Distribution |
1,260 |
1.15 |
$ 48.90 |
$ 101,710 |
Top paying industries for Compliance Officers:
Geographic profile for Compliance Officers:
States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for Compliance Officers are provided.
For a list of all areas with employment in Compliance Officers, see the Create Customized Tables function.
States with the highest employment level in Compliance Officers:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| California |
42,230 |
2.55 |
1.08 |
$ 41.36 |
$ 86,030 |
| Texas |
29,640 |
2.42 |
1.02 |
$ 35.14 |
$ 73,090 |
| Florida |
25,680 |
2.98 |
1.26 |
$ 31.63 |
$ 65,780 |
| New York |
20,540 |
2.37 |
1.00 |
$ 41.30 |
$ 85,900 |
| Georgia |
12,300 |
2.81 |
1.18 |
$ 33.66 |
$ 70,020 |
States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Compliance Officers:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Vermont |
2,000 |
7.03 |
2.96 |
$ 36.94 |
$ 76,830 |
| District of Columbia |
4,440 |
6.71 |
2.83 |
$ 47.47 |
$ 98,740 |
| Oklahoma |
5,470 |
3.51 |
1.48 |
$ 29.05 |
$ 60,420 |
| Nebraska |
3,110 |
3.24 |
1.37 |
$ 33.86 |
$ 70,420 |
| Arizona |
9,180 |
3.19 |
1.34 |
$ 32.54 |
$ 67,680 |
Top paying states for Compliance Officers:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| District of Columbia |
4,440 |
6.71 |
2.83 |
$ 47.47 |
$ 98,740 |
| New Hampshire |
1,770 |
2.79 |
1.18 |
$ 47.17 |
$ 98,110 |
| New Jersey |
10,480 |
2.72 |
1.15 |
$ 44.00 |
$ 91,520 |
| Massachusetts |
7,940 |
2.34 |
0.99 |
$ 42.15 |
$ 87,660 |
| Connecticut |
3,790 |
2.41 |
1.01 |
$ 41.64 |
$ 86,600 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in Compliance Officers:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
20,070 |
2.31 |
0.97 |
$ 44.93 |
$ 93,440 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
14,820 |
2.59 |
1.09 |
$ 40.57 |
$ 84,390 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
12,720 |
4.34 |
1.83 |
$ 44.87 |
$ 93,340 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL |
8,890 |
3.62 |
1.53 |
$ 34.98 |
$ 72,760 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
8,010 |
2.23 |
0.94 |
$ 36.07 |
$ 75,030 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
7,930 |
3.06 |
1.29 |
$ 35.19 |
$ 73,200 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
7,020 |
1.66 |
0.70 |
$ 38.18 |
$ 79,420 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
6,850 |
3.05 |
1.29 |
$ 47.82 |
$ 99,460 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
6,670 |
2.58 |
1.09 |
$ 42.86 |
$ 89,150 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
6,650 |
2.50 |
1.06 |
$ 38.99 |
$ 81,110 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Compliance Officers:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Brunswick, GA |
600 |
14.70 |
6.19 |
$ 44.19 |
$ 91,920 |
| Laredo, TX |
1,410 |
14.48 |
6.10 |
$ 35.00 |
$ 72,810 |
| El Centro, CA |
720 |
12.21 |
5.14 |
$ 41.43 |
$ 86,170 |
| Burlington-South Burlington, VT |
1,390 |
12.10 |
5.10 |
$ 37.83 |
$ 78,680 |
| Tallahassee, FL |
1,620 |
9.52 |
4.01 |
$ 19.68 |
$ 40,930 |
| Jefferson City, MO |
650 |
8.97 |
3.78 |
$ 18.78 |
$ 39,070 |
| Lincoln, NE |
1,420 |
8.35 |
3.52 |
$ 35.06 |
$ 72,930 |
| Olympia-Tumwater, WA |
900 |
8.03 |
3.38 |
$ 37.06 |
$ 77,070 |
| Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ |
250 |
7.27 |
3.06 |
$ 34.33 |
$ 71,400 |
| Bellingham, WA |
600 |
7.27 |
3.06 |
$ 40.24 |
$ 83,690 |
Top paying metropolitan areas for Compliance Officers:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA |
2,590 |
2.42 |
1.02 |
$ 49.83 |
$ 103,650 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
6,850 |
3.05 |
1.29 |
$ 47.82 |
$ 99,460 |
| California-Lexington Park, MD |
90 |
1.96 |
0.83 |
$ 46.17 |
$ 96,030 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT |
1,080 |
2.89 |
1.22 |
$ 45.14 |
$ 93,890 |
| Columbus, IN |
70 |
1.55 |
0.65 |
$ 44.99 |
$ 93,570 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
20,070 |
2.31 |
0.97 |
$ 44.93 |
$ 93,440 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
12,720 |
4.34 |
1.83 |
$ 44.87 |
$ 93,340 |
| Brunswick, GA |
600 |
14.70 |
6.19 |
$ 44.19 |
$ 91,920 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
6,670 |
2.58 |
1.09 |
$ 42.86 |
$ 89,150 |
| Durham-Chapel Hill, NC |
620 |
1.99 |
0.84 |
$ 42.64 |
$ 88,690 |
Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest employment in Compliance Officers:
Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Compliance Officers:
Top paying nonmetropolitan areas for Compliance Officers:
About May 2021 National, State, Metropolitan, and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors, all metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, and all states and the District of Columbia.
The top employment and wage figures are provided above. The complete list is available in the downloadable XLS files.
The percentile wage estimate is the value of a wage below which a certain percent of workers fall.
The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate—50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median.
More about percentile wages.
(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.
(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours;
for those occupations where there is not an hourly wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.
(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.
(9) The location quotient is the ratio of the area concentration of occupational employment to the national average concentration.
A location quotient greater than one indicates the occupation has a higher share of employment than average, and a location quotient less than one indicates the occupation is less prevalent in the area than average.
Other OEWS estimates and related information:
May 2021 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2021 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2021 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2021 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2021 Occupation Profiles
Technical Notes
Last Modified Date: March 31, 2022
United States Department of Labor
