Compliance salary: $183K median
From 206 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
$183Kmedian advertised salary
$140K – $226Kmiddle half of roles
$185Kaverage advertised salary
206roles counted
Compliance salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $224K, 33% more than senior roles ($168K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $168K | $134K–$195K | 49 |
| Lead and above | $224K | $183K–$250K | 84 |
| No level in title | $149K | $108K–$195K | 72 |
Compliance salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸California | $215K | 75 |
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $212K | 67 |
| 🇺🇸Washington, DC | $202K | 16 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $185K | 193 |
| 🇺🇸New York | $185K | 47 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropic | $308K | 7 |
| Databricks | $230K | 4 |
| OpenAI | $228K | 3 |
| SpaceX | $218K | 5 |
| Waymo | $212K | 3 |
| Adyen | $205K | 7 |
| Oscar Health | $200K | 8 |
| Summit Therapeutics | $198K | 4 |
| CoreWeave | $198K | 4 |
| Block | $196K | 6 |
| Whoop | $181K | 4 |
| Coinbase | $176K | 5 |
| Airwallex | $169K | 3 |
| Justworks | $146K | 4 |
| Paxos | $145K | 4 |
| Accenture Federal Services | $142K | 5 |
| OKX | $136K | 4 |
| Chime | $134K | 3 |
| Kraken | $125K | 3 |
| National Life Insurance Company | $118K | 3 |
Highest-paying open Compliance roles
All compliance jobs- VP, Enterprise Risk & ComplianceCoreWeave · 🇺🇸Livingston, NJ / New York, NY / Sunnyvale, CA / Bellevue, WA$350K - $375KLead
- Technical Program Manager, SOX ComplianceAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$290K - $365KCI/CD
- Director of Product ComplianceSkydio · 🇺🇸San Mateo, California, United States$230K - $348KLead
- Sanctions Compliance LeadAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Washington, DC$270K - $345KLead
- Vice President, CMC Regulatory AffairsKailera Therapeutics, Inc. · 🇺🇸US-Remote$272K - $340KRemoteLead
- Director of Product, Governance & ComplianceVanta · 🇺🇸Remote U.S.$286K - $336KRemoteLeadLLM
- Head of Regulatory AffairsBrex · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California, United States$270K - $335KLead
- Head of Regulatory AffairsBrex · 🇺🇸New York, New York, United States$270K - $335KLead
- Vice President, Regulatory AffairsInsitro · 🇺🇸South San Francisco, CA$313K - $333KLeadGoMachine Learning
- Chief Compliance Officer, Cash App InvestingBlock · 🇺🇸Bay Area, CA, United States of America$218K - $327KLead
- Sr. Counsel, Compliance & InvestigationsPinterest · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, CA, US$159K - $327KRemoteSenior
- Director, Order to Revenue ComplianceDatabricks · 🇺🇸Central - United States; West Coast - United States$186K - $320KLeadSQLGCPAzure
- Director, Governance Risk & ComplianceFigma · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States$235K - $317KLead
- Senior Director, Head of GxP ComplianceKardigan · 🇺🇸South San Francisco, California, United States, Princeton…$242K - $315KLeadGCP
- Senior Director, Regulatory Affairs CMCBeeline Medicines · 🇺🇸United States$242K - $314KLead
- Director, UCC & Tax Lien ComplianceToast · 🇺🇸Remote, United States$149K - $304KRemoteLead
- Sr. Counsel, Privacy ComplianceDatabricks · 🇺🇸Bellevue, Washington; Boston, Massachusetts; Chicago, Ill…$208K - $302KSeniorAgile
- Head of Marketing ComplianceOKX · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$200K - $300KLeadSmart contracts
- Chief Compliance OfficerRiver · 🇺🇸Remote - US$200K - $300KRemoteLead
- Chief Compliance Officer, Ramp Advisory LLCRamp · 🇺🇸New York, NY (HQ)$170K - $300KLead
Questions about Compliance pay
- What is the average Compliance salary?
- $185K a year on average and $183K at the median, across 206 open Compliance postings at tech 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 $140K to $226K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Compliance pay?
- Anthropic ($308K), Databricks ($230K), OpenAI ($228K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- 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 Compliance roles at tech companies is $183K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $140K to $226K. Counted from 206 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Hiring Right Now, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/compliance/
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