What is the average Compliance Officer salary?

$152K a year on average and $148K at the median, across 157 open Compliance Officer 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 $118K to $185K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.

Which companies advertise the highest Compliance Officer pay?

Snowflake ($185K), Adyen ($181K), Justworks ($157K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).

Is a compliance officer a high-paying job?

The median Compliance Officer posting advertises $148K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 15% below the middle of the market.

How much can you earn as a compliance officer?

A tenth of the postings offer $228K a year or more; the highest open Compliance Officer role advertises up to $345K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.

What is the Compliance Officer salary per hour and per month?

The median of $148K a year is about $71 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $12,292 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $56 to $89 an hour.

Which skills pay more for Compliance Officer roles?

Postings that ask for Audit (+$27K, 24 postings), Risk management (+$21K, 15 postings) advertise more than the $148K median of all Compliance Officer 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.

Compliance Officer Salary: $152K Average, $148K Median (Nov 2026)

Compliance Officer salary by level

Lead roles advertise a median of $165K, 5% more than senior roles ($157K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.

Level	Median salary	Middle half	Roles
Senior	$157K	$120K–$185K	29
Lead and above	$165K	$139K–$222K	42
No level in the title	$138K	$100K–$166K	85

Compliance Officer salary by location

Name	Median salary	Roles counted
🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area	$185K	36
🇺🇸California	$173K	45
🇺🇸New York, NY	$158K	35
🇺🇸United States	$148K	142

Skills that pay more for Compliance Officer roles

Skill	Median with it	Above the median	Postings
Audit	$174K	+$27K	24
Risk management	$168K	+$21K	15

Top-paying companies

Name	Median salary	Roles counted
Snowflake	$185K	3
Adyen	$181K	4
Justworks	$157K	3
CHAOS Industries	$148K	3
iCapital	$128K	12
Paxos	$124K	3
National Life Insurance Company	$118K	3
Rain	$100K	3
OKX	$94K	3
Enova International	$88K	4

Highest-paying open Compliance Officer roles

All compliance officer jobs

Sanctions Compliance LeadAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Washington, DC$270K - $345KLead and aboveThreat intelligenceAuditBig Four2mo
Chief Compliance Officer, Cash App InvestingBlock · 🇺🇸Bay Area, CA, United States of America$218K - $327KLead and aboveAuditRegulatory complianceFINRA5w
Compliance OfficerForus · 🇺🇸New York office$270K - $310K2mo
Chief Compliance OfficerRiver · 🇺🇸Remote - US$200K - $300KRemoteLead and aboveRegulatory complianceBSA/AMLSanctions screening7w
Chief Compliance Officer, Ramp Advisory LLCRamp · 🇺🇸New York, NY (HQ)$170K - $300KHybridLead and aboveCustomer onboardingTreasuryFixed income4w
Principal Compliance Lead, Security (COPPA & GDPR Control Testing)MrBeast · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA$235K - $294KLead and above5mo
Senior Compliance ManagerRetell Ai · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$200K - $290KSeniorGo9d
Aviation Compliance LeadSkydio · 🇺🇸San Mateo, California, United States$220K - $280KHybridLead and aboveAviation7mo
Government Contracts and Compliance CounselHavocai · Remote$225K - $275KRemoteSecurity clearanceNISTFedRAMP5w
Strategy & Operations, Office of the CCOAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$190K - $270KSQLInvestor relationsSpreadsheets7w
Employment and Compliance CounselChainalysis · 🇺🇸Massachusetts$220K - $270KRemoteGoPerformance managementEmployee relations7w
Product Compliance Manager, Scheme ComplianceAdyen · 🇺🇸New York; San Francisco$195K - $263KCard payments2mo
Security Compliance LeadPlaid · 🇺🇸Remote United States$141K - $259KRemoteLead and aboveSOC 2ISO 27001NIST2w
Chief Compliance Officer, Swap DealerFalconX · 🇺🇸New York City, NY$191K - $252KLead and above3mo
FedRAMP/GovRAMP Compliance Program LeadInterSystems · 🇺🇸Boston, MA$201K - $251KLead and aboveAzureKubernetesAWS4mo
Compliance Operations ManagerSocure · 🇺🇸Hub - San Francisco$212K - $250KCAMSAuditGRC2mo
VP, FCM, Tokenization & Stablecoin Compliance OfficerDriveWealth · 🇺🇸Office - Chicago; Office - NYC$225K - $250KLead and aboveAuditDerivativesFixed income2mo
Regulatory Compliance CounselHermeus · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA$200K - $250KSecurity clearanceNISTFedRAMP4d
Sanctions Compliance OfficerPolymarket · 🇺🇸New York$180K - $250K4d
Compliance OfficerSchonfeld · 🇺🇸New York, New York, United States$200K - $250K4mo

Questions about Compliance Officer pay

What is the average Compliance Officer salary?: $152K a year on average and $148K at the median, across 157 open Compliance Officer 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 $118K to $185K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
Which companies advertise the highest Compliance Officer pay?: Snowflake ($185K), Adyen ($181K), Justworks ($157K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
Is a compliance officer a high-paying job?: The median Compliance Officer posting advertises $148K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 15% below the middle of the market.
How much can you earn as a compliance officer?: A tenth of the postings offer $228K a year or more; the highest open Compliance Officer role advertises up to $345K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
What is the Compliance Officer salary per hour and per month?: The median of $148K a year is about $71 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $12,292 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $56 to $89 an hour.
Which skills pay more for Compliance Officer roles?: Postings that ask for Audit (+$27K, 24 postings), Risk management (+$21K, 15 postings) advertise more than the $148K median of all Compliance Officer 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.

Compliance Officer salary: $148K median