State comparison · 2025
Compliance Officers salary: California vs Texas
Compliance Officers in California earn a median of $96,980. In Texas, $75,370. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.9% — not 28.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.7%
California vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+12.9%
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)
- +192%
Texas
Compliance Officers
- Median
- $75,370
- p25
- $54,700
- p75
- $103,730
- p10
- $45,170
- p90
- $126,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +296%
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.