State comparison · 2025
Compliance Officers salary: California vs Massachusetts
Compliance Officers in Massachusetts earn a median of $102,060. In California, $96,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.2% — not 5%.
Nominal pay gap
-5%
California vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-9.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Compliance Officers
- Median
- $96,980
- p25
- $71,240
- p75
- $127,380
- p10
- $57,530
- p90
- $158,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -64%
Massachusetts
Compliance Officers
- Median
- $102,060
- p25
- $78,390
- p75
- $130,230
- p10
- $63,340
- p90
- $161,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -53%
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.