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Compliance Manager: what the job is, what it pays, and how to get hired.

The work, the skills that matter, the tools in demand and the pay range, from U.S. government data, plus every TryHired page for the role.

BLS does not publish pay for compliance managers separately. Every pay figure on this page is for the BLS occupation “Managers, All Other” (SOC 11-9199), which includes compliance managers and other jobs; it is not a figure for compliance managers alone.

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Updated Nov 2, 2026 · Data: BLS OEWS May 2025 · O*NET 31.0
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Median percentile pay

Half of workers in the BLS occupation “Managers, All Other” earn more than this and half earn less.

Annual
$141,900
Hourly
$68.22
Source
BLS May 2025
Quick answer

Compliance Managers plan, direct, or coordinate activities of an organization to ensure compliance with ethical or regulatory standards. The median pay is $141,900 a year ($68.22 an hour) (BLS, May 2025). The most commonly reported education requirement is a bachelor's degree (63% of workers surveyed by O*NET).

Median pay
$141,900
BLS May 2025
Employed in the U.S.
622,190
BLS May 2025
Preparation
Job Zone 4 of 5
considerable preparation
Most common education
Bachelor's Degree
63% of workers
Key facts

Compliance Managers at a glance

  • Workers in the BLS occupation “Managers, All Other” (which includes compliance managers) in the United States earned a median annual wage of $141,900 in May 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

    Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025

  • In its 2025–35 employment projections, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics lists a bachelor's degree as the typical entry-level education for compliance managers in the United States.

    Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35

  • BLS estimates that 34.8% of managers, all other in the United States had the ability to telework in 2025, a preliminary estimate of whether the job allows it, not a count of remote jobs.

    Source: BLS Occupational Requirements Survey, 2025 preliminary

  • BLS estimated that 622,190 people were employed as compliance managers in the United States in May 2025, not counting the self-employed.

    Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025

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The work

What compliance managers do day to day

Data Core tasks rated most important by workers in the role (O*NET).

  1. Report violations of compliance or regulatory standards to duly authorized enforcement agencies as appropriate or required.
  2. Identify compliance issues that require follow-up or investigation.
  3. Discuss emerging compliance issues to ensure that management and employees are informed about compliance reporting systems, policies, and practices.
  4. File appropriate compliance reports with regulatory agencies.
  5. Maintain documentation of compliance activities, such as complaints received or investigation outcomes.
  6. Consult with corporate attorneys as necessary to address difficult legal compliance issues.
  7. Conduct or direct the internal investigation of compliance issues.
  8. Provide employee training on compliance related topics, policies, or procedures.
Job requirements

What the job requires

Data BLS figures for managers, all other (SOC 11-9199), 2025 preliminary BLS Occupational Requirements Survey. This TryHired page covers a specialty within that occupation; the figures describe the whole occupation.

Telework available
34.8%
of workers had the ability to telework
Workday sitting
75.9%
mean share of the day required to sit
Most common strength level
Sedentary
51.1% of workers
Can pause work
more than 95%
of workers could take short, unscheduled breaks
Self-paced workload
90.4%
of workers set their own workload
Employer-changed schedules
41.1%
of workers had schedules changed by the employer week to week

On TryHired lists: Remote careers · Desk jobs.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Requirements Survey. Estimates are preliminary; ranges are shown as published.

Where this career works

Industries that employ it

Data Share of all compliance manager jobs in each industry, 2025 (BLS Employment Matrix). Figures cover all managers, all other (SOC 11-9199), the broader occupation.

  1. Government, excluding state and local education and hospitals10.8% of all jobs in this occupation · -1.6% projected change here 2025–35 · mean wage $138,980
  2. Professional, scientific, and technical services6.5% of all jobs in this occupation · +11.8% projected change here 2025–35 · mean wage $182,770
  3. Management of companies and enterprises3.5% of all jobs in this occupation · +4.6% projected change here 2025–35 · mean wage $180,280
  4. Educational services; state, local, and private2.8% of all jobs in this occupation · +2.5% projected change here 2025–35 · mean wage $118,660
  5. Insurance carriers and related activities2.2% of all jobs in this occupation · +6.2% projected change here 2025–35 · mean wage $167,160
  6. Administrative and support services2.2% of all jobs in this occupation · +3.4% projected change here 2025–35 · mean wage $136,450

Sources: BLS 2025–35 National Employment Matrix (share of the occupation's jobs, projected change) and BLS OEWS May 2025 industry estimates (mean wage). Different industry estimates are not a pay forecast for any person.

Skills that matter

Ranked by importance to the job

Data O*NET importance ratings. The first three are core.

Reading ComprehensioncoreCritical ThinkingcoreActive ListeningcoreWritingSpeakingCoordinationActive LearningMonitoringPersuasion

Knowledge areas: Law and Government, English Language, Administration and Management, Customer and Personal Service, Personnel and Human Resources, Computers and Electronics.

Tools and technology

Software compliance managers use

Data Examples reported for the role; employer demand flags from O*NET.

  • Microsoft VisioProcess mapping and design softwareHot technology
  • 80-20 Software Leaders4Compliance software
  • ARC Logics SwordCompliance software
  • Actimize Brokerage Compliance SolutionsCompliance software
  • Agiliance Compliance ManagerCompliance software
  • Aline GRCCompliance software
  • Archer Compliance ManagementCompliance software
  • AssurX CATSWebCompliance software
  • AssurX Financial Services Compliance Management SystemCompliance software
  • Audit2 AdaptiveGRCCompliance software
  • Axentis Compliance ManagementCompliance software
  • BPS ComplianceCompliance software

Also called: Accreditation Lieutenant, Accreditation Manager, Compliance Director, Compliance Operations Manager, Environmental Health and Safety Director.

Method

How this page is built

Tasks, skills, tools, education and related roles come from O*NET 31.0. Pay and employment come from the BLS OEWS May 2025 national estimates. The skill-match score is our calculation: Skill match is the cosine similarity of the two occupations' skill profiles: for each of 35 O*NET skills (10 essential, 25 transferable) we multiply importance by level and subtract the average across all occupations, then compare the direction of the two profiles. 100 means identical shape; 0 means unrelated or opposite (negative values are shown as 0). Only occupations that O*NET itself lists as related are compared.

What this page can't tell you
  • How a specific employer defines the job.
  • Pay for self-employed workers (OEWS covers employees).
  • Your own chances: data describes the occupation, not you.
Sources
  1. O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. TryHired selected, ranked and combined the data; O*NET is not responsible for these pages.
  2. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 estimates (public domain).

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