State comparison · 2025
Compliance Officers salary: Massachusetts vs Tennessee
Compliance Officers in Massachusetts earn a median of $102,060. In Tennessee, $63,960. After cost-of-living, the gap is 38.6% — not 59.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+59.6%
Massachusetts vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+38.6%
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%
Tennessee
Compliance Officers
- Median
- $63,960
- p25
- $51,970
- p75
- $92,180
- p10
- $41,460
- p90
- $117,250
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +300%
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.