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

How much do Compliance Officers make in Rome, GA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Compliance Officers in Rome, GA is $39,000. The 10th percentile is $39,000 and the 90th percentile is $85,340. Employment is 130.

Median annual wage

$39,000

10th percentile
$39,000
25th percentile
$39,000
Median
$39,000
75th percentile
$63,130
90th percentile
$85,340
Mean
$54,590

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 $39,000 and the 90th percentile is $85,340. The difference is $46,340, which is 118.8% 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 $39,000 to the 75th at $63,130, covers $24,130.

The mean annual wage is $54,590, which sits above the median of $39,000. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Rome, GA median is 51.7% lower than the national median of $80,730 for Compliance Officers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $43,256, which is 46.4% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 44.4% lower than the Georgia median of $70,200.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Rome, GA is 90.161, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $39,000 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Compliance Officers at $43,256 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

26 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Compliance Officers. Rome, GA ranks 27th of 27 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).).

  • Dalton, GA is 42 miles away, with a median of $62,300 and employment of 90. That median is 59.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $69,342, against $43,256 here.
  • Anniston-Oxford, AL is 49 miles away, with a median of $54,600 and employment of 50. That median is 40% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $63,526, against $43,256 here.
  • Gadsden, AL is 49 miles away, with a median of $69,990 and employment of 60. That median is 79.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $81,713, against $43,256 here.

Employment share

Compliance Officers accounts for 0.29% of wage-and-salary employment in Rome, GA (130 of 44,900). Nationally the occupation is 0.27% of employment (417,070 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.08 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 Rome, GA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Compliance Officers in Rome, GA is $39,000. The 10th percentile is $39,000 and the 90th percentile is $85,340. Employment is 130.

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

The local median is 51.7% lower than the national median of $80,730.

What is Compliance Officers pay in Rome, GA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Rome, GA is 90.161, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $39,000 is $43,256. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Rome, GA compare with nearby metros for Compliance Officers?

Dalton, GA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 42 miles away, at $62,300. Rome, GA ranks 27th of 27 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.