State comparison · 2025
Compliance Officers salary: Massachusetts vs South Dakota
Compliance Officers in Massachusetts earn a median of $102,060. In South Dakota, $72,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.7% — not 40.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+40.5%
Massachusetts vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+17.7%
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 Dakota
Compliance Officers
- Median
- $72,630
- p25
- $64,020
- p75
- $85,760
- p10
- $57,140
- p90
- $115,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.