State comparison · 2025
Compliance Officers salary: New Jersey vs Tennessee
Compliance Officers in New Jersey earn a median of $100,000. In Tennessee, $63,960. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.1% — not 56.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+56.3%
New Jersey vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+32.1%
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%
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.