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Compliance Officers
Examine, evaluate, and investigate eligibility for or conformity with laws and regulations governing contract compliance of licenses and permits, and perform other compliance and enforcement inspection and analysis activities not classified elsewhere.
What a compliance officer does
Become a compliance officer
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good compliance officer
- Reading work related information.
- Talking to others.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
- Understanding people's reactions.
- Talking people into changing their minds or their behavior.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Average hourly rate is $40 per hour with an average salary of $83,200 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $30 and $47 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $62,700 and $97,900 per year.
Compliance Officer job outlook
- There are 9,518 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 1,204 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.