Career
Compliance officers
Make sure an organization follows the rules it must follow.
$80,730
Median pay
+3.8%
Job growth, 2025–35
32,700
Openings a year
Bachelor's degree
Typical education
4 years
Typical time after high school
Here's what you actually need to know.
The work
What people in this job do
- Warn violators of infractions or penalties.
- Evaluate applications, records, or documents to gather information about eligibility or liability issues.
- Advise licensees or other individuals or groups concerning licensing, permit, or passport regulations.
- Prepare reports of activities, evaluations, recommendations, or decisions.
- Report law or regulation violations to appropriate boards or agencies.
The outlook
How the forecast changed this year
The deeper question
What kind of person does this path ask you to become?
What this work centers on
O*NET interest profile, scored 1–7.
The work
Do you want most of your days spent on information & systems, then persuasion & leadership?
Responsibility
Are you willing to be the one responsible for this?
“Warn violators of infractions or penalties.”
Development
What would you need to build over the next 5–10 years?
Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Active Listening, Writing.
Trade-offs
What does it ask of you in exchange?
4 years of education after high school (bachelor's degree), for a median of $80,730 a year and 32,700 openings nationally each year.
Paths in
Degrees that lead here
- Criminal JusticeSee the degree →
- Public HealthSee the degree →
- Environmental Science and ConservationSee the degree →
- Health AdministrationSee the degree →
- Human ResourcesSee the degree →
- Environmental StudiesCIP 03.0103
Paths across
Careers that use similar skills
- Compliance Managers
- Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$54,210 · +1.6%
- Government Property Inspectors and Investigators
- Environmental Compliance Inspectors
- Regulatory Affairs Specialists
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Sources
- BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34 (archived), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- O*NET 31.0 Database (August 2026), National Center for O*NET Development / U.S. Department of Labor. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 Crosswalk, NCES and BLS. Retrieved 2026-10-01.