Compliance Officers pay in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands
$85,820avg. a year
$41.26 an hour · 8,450 employed
Compliance Officers in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area earn an average of $85,820 a year. That is $4,420 (5%) more than the Texas average of $81,400. The U.S. average is $88,400.
$78,860Median pay
$41.26Average hourly
+5%vs. Texas average
8,450Jobs in this metro
Other Texas metro areas
Average pay for compliance officers in other Texas metro areas. Swipe to see all 25.
1300 jobs
Midland, TX
$93,000
$44.71 an hour
2910 jobs
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX
$88,460
$42.53 an hour
31,440 jobs
Laredo, TX
$88,240
$42.42 an hour
412,530 jobs
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
$84,090
$40.43 an hour
5140 jobs
San Angelo, TX
$82,760
$39.79 an hour
62,660 jobs
El Paso, TX
$77,710
$37.36 an hour
73,670 jobs
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
$77,260
$37.14 an hour
83,100 jobs
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
$76,870
$36.96 an hour
91,610 jobs
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
$76,110
$36.59 an hour
10370 jobs
Eagle Pass, TX
$75,820
$36.45 an hour
11120 jobs
Odessa, TX
$74,520
$35.83 an hour
12100 jobs
Wichita Falls, TX
$73,240
$35.21 an hour
13290 jobs
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
$73,170
$35.18 an hour
1440 jobs
Victoria, TX
$72,810
$35.00 an hour
15180 jobs
Abilene, TX
$72,390
$34.80 an hour
16400 jobs
Corpus Christi, TX
$72,240
$34.73 an hour
1760 jobs
Sherman-Denison, TX
$71,110
$34.19 an hour
18230 jobs
College Station-Bryan, TX
$70,870
$34.07 an hour
19270 jobs
Amarillo, TX
$69,480
$33.40 an hour
20190 jobs
Longview, TX
$68,590
$32.98 an hour
21320 jobs
Lubbock, TX
$67,240
$32.33 an hour
22240 jobs
Killeen-Temple, TX
$66,620
$32.03 an hour
23190 jobs
Tyler, TX
$65,020
$31.26 an hour
24390 jobs
Waco, TX
$63,130
$30.35 an hour
2560 jobs
Texarkana, TX-AR
$61,780
$29.70 an hour
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How Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands compares
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Annual wage percentiles, May 2025
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Questions and answers
How much do compliance officers make in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands?
The average is $85,820 a year, and the median is $78,860. About 8,450 people work in this job in the metro area.
Is that more than the Texas average?
That is $4,420 (5%) more than the Texas average of $81,400.
Is this job common in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands?
It makes up 2.6 of every 1,000 jobs in the metro area, 0.96 times the national share.
Sources and notes. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, occupation code 13-1041. Metro area: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan statistical area (BLS area code 26420). Wages are gross pay before taxes and don't include overtime premiums, tips, bonuses or benefits; self-employed workers aren't included. How we use the data. JobPayFacts isn't affiliated with BLS.