Job Description:
A compliance officer's job is to make sure an entity is conforming with, or eligible for, contractual obligations, government regulations, laws, or licenses and permits. Under this broad occupational title is a group of more specific job titles including environmental compliance inspector, licensing examiner and inspector, equal opportunity representative and officer, government property inspector and investigator, coroner, and regulatory affairs specialist.
*This profile does not include information about compliance officers working in the following industries: agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation)
Employment Facts:
There were 260,000 compliance officers employed in 2008.
Educational Requirements:
Training usually takes place on-the-job.
Job Outlook:
The job outlook is excellent. This occupation is projected to grow faster, through 2018, than other occupations that require only on-the-job training or experience (The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Earnings:
Compliance officers earned a median annual salary of $49,750 in 2009 (U.S.).
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Sources:
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2010-11 Edition, Management, Business, and Financial Occupations, on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/oco/oco20051.htm (visited April 21, 2010).
Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, O*NET Online, Compliance Officers, on the Internet at http://online.onetcenter.org/link/details/13-1041.00 (visited November 9, 2010).
