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Compliance Officers pay in District of Columbia and Wisconsin
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Compliance Officers is $111,030 per year in District of Columbia. It is $78,800 per year in Wisconsin. District of Columbia is 40.9% above Wisconsin on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 13-1041 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 4,380 wage and salary jobs in District of Columbia and 5,710 in Wisconsin. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings