SOC 13-1041 · Business and Financial Operations Occupations · May 2025

How much do Compliance Officers make in Abilene, TX?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Compliance Officers in Abilene, TX is $66,020. The 10th percentile is $47,790 and the 90th percentile is $106,330. Employment is 180.

Median annual wage

$66,020

10th percentile
$47,790
25th percentile
$56,520
Median
$66,020
75th percentile
$83,550
90th percentile
$106,330
Mean
$72,390

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Portrait of a woman police officer in uniform
A police officer during a United Nations visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, May 2012. Photograph by Myriam Asmani, MONUSCO. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

Percentile spread

For Compliance Officers, the published 10th percentile is $47,790 and the 90th percentile is $106,330. The difference is $58,540, which is 88.7% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $56,520 to the 75th at $83,550, covers $27,030.

The mean annual wage is $72,390, which sits above the median of $66,020. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Abilene, TX median is 18.2% lower than the national median of $80,730 for Compliance Officers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $73,060, which is 9.5% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 12.4% lower than the Texas median of $75,370.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Abilene, TX is 90.364, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $66,020 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Compliance Officers at $73,060 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

11 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Compliance Officers. Abilene, TX ranks 8th of 12 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • San Angelo, TX is 93 miles away, with a median of $72,850 and employment of 140. That median is 10.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $78,797, against $73,060 here.
  • Wichita Falls, TX is 115 miles away, with a median of $72,690 and employment of 100. That median is 10.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $81,206, against $73,060 here.
  • Midland, TX is 135 miles away, with a median of $83,820 and employment of 300. That median is 27% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $87,510, against $73,060 here.

Employment share

Compliance Officers accounts for 0.24% of wage-and-salary employment in Abilene, TX (180 of 75,070). Nationally the occupation is 0.27% of employment (417,070 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.89 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

Highest-paying jobs in Abilene, TX · Compliance Officers by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Compliance Officers make in Abilene, TX?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Compliance Officers in Abilene, TX is $66,020. The 10th percentile is $47,790 and the 90th percentile is $106,330. Employment is 180.

How does that compare with the national median for Compliance Officers?

The local median is 18.2% lower than the national median of $80,730.

What is Compliance Officers pay in Abilene, TX after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Abilene, TX is 90.364, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $66,020 is $73,060. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Abilene, TX compare with nearby metros for Compliance Officers?

San Angelo, TX is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 93 miles away, at $72,850. Abilene, TX ranks 8th of 12 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.