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State comparison · 2025

Compliance Officers salary: Massachusetts vs Washington

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Compliance Officers in Massachusetts earn a median of $102,060. In Washington, $88,790. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.2% — not 14.9%.

Nominal pay gap
+14.9%
Massachusetts vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+16.2%
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%
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Washington

Compliance Officers

Median
$88,790
p25
$74,770
p75
$116,210
p10
$60,650
p90
$142,350
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
107.0
Hiring velocity (180d)
-10%
See full breakdown for Washington

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.