State comparison · 2025
Compliance Officers salary: District of Columbia vs South Carolina
Compliance Officers in District of Columbia earn a median of $111,030. In South Carolina, $75,460. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.4% — not 47.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+47.1%
District of Columbia vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+25.4%
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%
South Carolina
Compliance Officers
- Median
- $75,460
- p25
- $56,060
- p75
- $101,560
- p10
- $44,990
- p90
- $133,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.