State comparison · 2025
Compliance Officers salary: District of Columbia vs Kentucky
Compliance Officers in District of Columbia earn a median of $111,030. In Kentucky, $69,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.6% — not 60.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+60.4%
District of Columbia vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+31.6%
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%
Kentucky
Compliance Officers
- Median
- $69,240
- p25
- $52,630
- p75
- $83,460
- p10
- $43,120
- p90
- $109,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.