How much do Compliance Officers make in Sumter, SC?

Percentile spread

For Compliance Officers, the published 10th percentile is $40,460 and the 90th percentile is $112,260. The difference is $71,800, which is 97.9% 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 $54,950 to the 75th at $93,650, covers $38,700.

The mean annual wage is $74,510, which sits above the median of $73,320. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Sumter, SC median is 9.2% lower than the national median of $80,730 for Compliance Officers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $83,299, which is 3.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.8% lower than the South Carolina median of $75,460.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Sumter, SC is 88.020, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $73,320 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Compliance Officers at $83,299 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

27 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Compliance Officers. Sumter, SC ranks 12th of 28 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).).

• Florence, SC is 37 miles away, with a median of $68,520 and employment of 120. That median is 6.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $78,964, against $83,299 here.
• Columbia, SC is 39 miles away, with a median of $72,990 and employment of 1,120. That median is 0.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $77,929, against $83,299 here.
• Charleston-North Charleston, SC is 66 miles away, with a median of $86,260 and employment of 1,110. That median is 17.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $85,438, against $83,299 here.

Employment share

Compliance Officers accounts for 0.17% of wage-and-salary employment in Sumter, SC (60 of 34,560). Nationally the occupation is 0.27% of employment (417,070 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.65 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.