State comparison · 2025
Compliance Officers salary: District of Columbia vs North Carolina
Compliance Officers in District of Columbia earn a median of $111,030. In North Carolina, $78,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.4% — not 41.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+41.4%
District of Columbia vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+21.4%
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%
North Carolina
Compliance Officers
- Median
- $78,500
- p25
- $59,600
- p75
- $103,810
- p10
- $45,690
- p90
- $131,180
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -30%
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.