State comparison · 2025
Compliance Officers salary: Massachusetts vs North Carolina
Compliance Officers in Massachusetts earn a median of $102,060. In North Carolina, $78,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.9% — not 30%.
Nominal pay gap
+30%
Massachusetts vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+15.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
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.