State comparison · 2025
Compliance Officers salary: California vs New Jersey
Compliance Officers in New Jersey earn a median of $100,000. In California, $96,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.7% — not 3%.
Nominal pay gap
-3%
California vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-4.7%
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%
New Jersey
Compliance Officers
- Median
- $100,000
- p25
- $76,180
- p75
- $128,790
- p10
- $58,860
- p90
- $158,540
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -56%
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.