State comparison · 2025
Compliance Officers salary: New Jersey vs South Carolina
Compliance Officers in New Jersey earn a median of $100,000. In South Carolina, $75,460. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.1% — not 32.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+32.5%
New Jersey vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+14.1%
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%
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.