State comparison · 2025
Compliance Officers salary: New Jersey vs South Dakota
Compliance Officers in New Jersey earn a median of $100,000. In South Dakota, $72,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.1% — not 37.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+37.7%
New Jersey vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+12.1%
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 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.