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

How much do Compliance Officers make in Owensboro, KY?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Compliance Officers in Owensboro, KY is $74,330. The 10th percentile is $47,830 and the 90th percentile is $103,890. Employment is 80.

Median annual wage

$74,330

10th percentile
$47,830
25th percentile
$63,520
Median
$74,330
75th percentile
$81,210
90th percentile
$103,890
Mean
$76,500

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Paramedics in an ambulance. Photograph by Jim Legans, Jr.. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Percentile spread

For Compliance Officers, the published 10th percentile is $47,830 and the 90th percentile is $103,890. The difference is $56,060, which is 75.4% 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 $63,520 to the 75th at $81,210, covers $17,690.

The mean annual wage is $76,500, which sits above the median of $74,330. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Owensboro, KY median is 7.9% lower than the national median of $80,730 for Compliance Officers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $83,884, which is 3.9% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 7.4% higher than the Kentucky median of $69,240.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Owensboro, KY is 88.610, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $74,330 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Compliance Officers at $83,884 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

19 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Compliance Officers. Owensboro, KY ranks 8th of 20 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).).

  • Evansville, IN is 36 miles away, with a median of $61,280 and employment of 190. That median is 17.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $66,952, against $83,884 here.
  • Bowling Green, KY is 59 miles away, with a median of $59,100 and employment of 110. That median is 20.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $65,536, against $83,884 here.
  • Elizabethtown, KY is 69 miles away, with a median of $63,280 and employment of 120. That median is 14.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $69,867, against $83,884 here.

Employment share

Compliance Officers accounts for 0.16% of wage-and-salary employment in Owensboro, KY (80 of 49,450). Nationally the occupation is 0.27% of employment (417,070 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.60 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.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Compliance Officers make in Owensboro, KY?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Compliance Officers in Owensboro, KY is $74,330. The 10th percentile is $47,830 and the 90th percentile is $103,890. Employment is 80.

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

The local median is 7.9% lower than the national median of $80,730.

What is Compliance Officers pay in Owensboro, KY after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Owensboro, KY is 88.610, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $74,330 is $83,884. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Owensboro, KY compare with nearby metros for Compliance Officers?

Evansville, IN is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 36 miles away, at $61,280. Owensboro, KY ranks 8th of 20 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.