State comparison · 2025
Compliance Officers salary: New Jersey vs West Virginia
Compliance Officers in New Jersey earn a median of $100,000. In West Virginia, $64,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28% — not 55.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+55.6%
New Jersey vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+28%
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%
West Virginia
Compliance Officers
- Median
- $64,270
- p25
- $50,520
- p75
- $95,870
- p10
- $44,420
- p90
- $115,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.