How much do Compliance Officers make in Arecibo, PR?

Percentile spread

For Compliance Officers, the published 10th percentile is $29,310 and the 90th percentile is $95,700. The difference is $66,390, which is 134.5% 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 $38,230 to the 75th at $72,900, covers $34,670.

The mean annual wage is $57,480, which sits above the median of $49,360. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Arecibo, PR median is 38.9% lower than the national median of $80,730 for Compliance Officers.

It is 0.8% higher than the Puerto Rico median of $48,950.

Price-adjusted pay

The Bureau of Economic Analysis has not published a 2024 all-items regional price parity for Arecibo, PR, so this page does not show a price-adjusted wage.

Nearby metros

5 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Compliance Officers. Arecibo, PR ranks 2nd of 6 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).).

• Aguadilla, PR is 22 miles away, with a median of $36,400 and employment of 400. That median is 26.3% lower than the median here.
• Ponce, PR is 30 miles away, with a median of $46,780 and employment of 200. That median is 5.2% lower than the median here.
• Mayaguez, PR is 39 miles away, with a median of $52,790 and employment of 140. That median is 6.9% higher than the median here.

Employment share

Compliance Officers accounts for 0.20% of wage-and-salary employment in Arecibo, PR (70 of 34,720). Nationally the occupation is 0.27% of employment (417,070 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.75 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.