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

How much do Compliance Officers make in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Compliance Officers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is $94,810. The 10th percentile is $55,740 and the 90th percentile is $146,350. Employment is 17,700.

Median annual wage

$94,810

10th percentile
$55,740
25th percentile
$71,230
Median
$94,810
75th percentile
$124,210
90th percentile
$146,350
Mean
$98,740

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Cooks in a Washington state kitchen, 1930. Seattle Municipal Archives. Photograph by Seattle Municipal Archives. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Percentile spread

For Compliance Officers, the published 10th percentile is $55,740 and the 90th percentile is $146,350. The difference is $90,610, which is 95.6% 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 $71,230 to the 75th at $124,210, covers $52,980.

The mean annual wage is $98,740, which sits above the median of $94,810. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA median is 17.4% higher than the national median of $80,730 for Compliance Officers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $83,484, which is 3.4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.2% lower than the California median of $96,980.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 113.566, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $94,810 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Compliance Officers at $83,484 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

9 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Compliance Officers. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ranks 3rd of 10 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).).

  • Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA is 57 miles away, with a median of $92,690 and employment of 690. That median is 2.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $83,857, against $83,484 here.
  • Bakersfield-Delano, CA is 91 miles away, with a median of $80,040 and employment of 700. That median is 15.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $79,337, against $83,484 here.
  • Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA is 110 miles away, with a median of $85,780 and employment of 400. That median is 9.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $78,843, against $83,484 here.

Employment share

Compliance Officers accounts for 0.28% of wage-and-salary employment in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA (17,700 of 6,271,560). Nationally the occupation is 0.27% of employment (417,070 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.05 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA · 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Compliance Officers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is $94,810. The 10th percentile is $55,740 and the 90th percentile is $146,350. Employment is 17,700.

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

The local median is 17.4% higher than the national median of $80,730.

What is Compliance Officers pay in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 113.566, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $94,810 is $83,484. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA compare with nearby metros for Compliance Officers?

Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 57 miles away, at $92,690. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ranks 3rd of 10 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.