State comparison · 2025
Compliance Officers salary: District of Columbia vs Iowa
Compliance Officers in District of Columbia earn a median of $111,030. In Iowa, $75,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.3% — not 46.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+46.8%
District of Columbia vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
+17.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Iowa
Compliance Officers
- Median
- $75,620
- p25
- $62,930
- p75
- $91,720
- p10
- $49,940
- p90
- $114,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.