State comparison · 2025
Compliance Officers salary: New Jersey vs North Carolina
Compliance Officers in New Jersey earn a median of $100,000. In North Carolina, $78,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.4% — not 27.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.4%
New Jersey vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+10.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Jersey
Compliance Officers
- Median
- $100,000
- p25
- $76,180
- p75
- $128,790
- p10
- $58,860
- p90
- $158,540
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -56%
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.