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State comparison · 2025

Compliance Officers salary: Iowa vs Massachusetts

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Compliance Officers in Massachusetts earn a median of $102,060. In Iowa, $75,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.7% — not 25.9%.

Nominal pay gap
-25.9%
Iowa vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-10.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

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
See full breakdown for Iowa

Massachusetts

Compliance Officers

Median
$102,060
p25
$78,390
p75
$130,230
p10
$63,340
p90
$161,920
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
105.8
Hiring velocity (180d)
-53%
See full breakdown for Massachusetts

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.