State comparison · 2025
Compliance Officers salary: Massachusetts vs South Carolina
Compliance Officers in Massachusetts earn a median of $102,060. In South Carolina, $75,460. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.8% — not 35.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.3%
Massachusetts vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+19.8%
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%
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.