BSA/AML salary: $156K median
The median advertised BSA/AML salary is $156K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $96K to $205K: counted from 142 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $75 an hour or $13,021 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $250K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll BSA/AML jobs
$156Kmedian advertised salary
$96K – $205Kmiddle half of roles
$155Kaverage advertised salary
142roles counted
BSA/AML salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $224K, 101% more than senior roles ($111K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $111K | $56K–$169K | 48 |
| Lead and above | $224K | $166K–$250K | 33 |
| No level in the title | $144K | $96K–$188K | 60 |
BSA/AML salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $190K | 31 |
| 🇺🇸California | $190K | 31 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $172K | 34 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $166K | 118 |
Skills that pay more for BSA/AML roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| LLM | $172K | +$16K | 14 |
| Machine Learning | $170K | +$14K | 19 |
| Python | $170K | +$13K | 18 |
| SQL | $166K | +$9K | 21 |
| Audit | $164K | +$8K | 24 |
Top-paying companies
Highest-paying open BSA/AML roles
All BSA/AML jobs- Chief Risk Officer - Managing DirectoriCapital · 🇺🇸New York, New York, United States$350K - $400KLead and aboveCPACFAFRM
- Account Director, CryptoTrm Labs · 🇺🇸United States$277K - $343KRemoteLead and aboveContract negotiationRegulatory complianceKYC
- Senior Enterprise Account Executive, Financial ServicesNeo4j · 🇺🇸Remote: New York City$280K - $340KRemoteSeniorAzureAWSData warehousing
- Senior Counsel, RiskBrex · 🇺🇸New York, New York, United States$270K - $335KSeniorIncident responseRegulatory complianceLaw degree
- Senior Counsel, RiskBrex · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California, United States$270K - $335KSeniorIncident responseRegulatory complianceLaw degree
- Enterprise Account ExecutiveHawk · 🇺🇸United States$162K - $325KRemoteHubSpotAI agentsPowerPoint
- Mid-Market Sales Executive - New York CityElliptic · 🇺🇸New York, United States$200K - $300KHybridMachine LearningHubSpotAgile
- Chief Compliance OfficerRiver · 🇺🇸Remote - US$200K - $300KRemoteLead and aboveRegulatory complianceBSA/AMLSanctions screening
- Senior Counsel, Strategic PartnershipsColumn · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$210K - $300KSeniorRailsACHRegulatory compliance
- Chief Compliance Officer, Ramp Advisory LLCRamp · 🇺🇸New York, NY (HQ)$170K - $300KHybridLead and aboveCustomer onboardingTreasuryFixed income
- Head of Data Science, Compliance ProductsSocure · 🇺🇸Hub - San Francisco$250K - $300KHybridLead and abovePythonMachine LearningPyTorch
- Staff Software Engineer, Affirm BankAffirm · 🇺🇸Remote US$230K - $290KRemoteLead and aboveTerraformSnowflakeCI/CD
- Group Product Manager, Compliance AutomationCoinbase · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$244K - $287KRemoteGenerative AIRegulatory complianceBSA/AML
- Product and Regulatory Legal DirectorDave · 🇺🇸United States$245K - $282KRemoteLead and aboveCard paymentsACHRegulatory compliance
- Forward Deployed Engineer - RiskOS AgentsSocure · 🇺🇸Hub - San Francisco$250K - $280KHybridPythonSQLLLM
- Senior Product & Privacy CounselMesh · 🇺🇸New York, NY$250K - $280KSeniorCIPPBSA/AMLData privacy
- Senior Staff, Compliance TechnologyCoinbase · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$230K - $271KRemoteLead and aboveMachine LearningData qualityIncident response
- Director, Security, Investigations, and IntelligenceSpaceX · 🇺🇸Washington, DC$225K - $265KLead and aboveSAPSecurity clearanceApplication security
- Lead Product Manager – Payments RiskXero · 🇺🇸US: San Mateo (1875 South Grant Street)$212K - $265KHybridLead and aboveCard paymentsUnderwritingKYC
- Lead Compliance Risk Manager, Product Compliance - AIMercury · 🇺🇸🇨🇦San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote…$187K - $260KRemoteLead and aboveMachine LearningLLMAI
Questions about BSA/AML pay
- What is the average BSA/AML salary?
- $155K a year on average and $156K at the median, across 142 open BSA/AML postings at companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
- What is the typical range?
- The middle half of the postings offer $96K to $205K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest BSA/AML pay?
- Socure ($250K), Mercury ($215K), Coinbase ($196K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a bsa/aml a high-paying job?
- The median BSA/AML posting advertises $156K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 10% below the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a bsa/aml?
- A tenth of the postings offer $250K a year or more; the highest open BSA/AML role advertises up to $400K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the BSA/AML salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $156K a year is about $75 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $13,021 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $46 to $99 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for BSA/AML roles?
- Postings that ask for LLM (+$16K, 14 postings), Machine Learning (+$14K, 19 postings), Python (+$13K, 18 postings) advertise more than the $156K median of all BSA/AML postings with pay.
- Where do these figures come from?
- From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.
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The median advertised salary for BSA/AML roles at companies is $156K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $96K to $205K. Counted from 142 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/bsa-aml/
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