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State comparison · 2025

Compliance Officers salary: Alabama vs District of Columbia

Occupation

Compliance Officers in District of Columbia earn a median of $111,030. In Alabama, $72,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.6% — not 34.3%.

Nominal pay gap
-34.3%
Alabama vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-18.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

Alabama

Compliance Officers

Median
$72,990
p25
$51,300
p75
$98,470
p10
$41,620
p90
$126,870
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
88.8
Hiring velocity (180d)
-67%
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District of Columbia

Compliance Officers

Median
$111,030
p25
$84,590
p75
$132,960
p10
$69,140
p90
$156,750
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
109.9
Hiring velocity (180d)
+150%
See full breakdown for District of Columbia

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.