Vocational Programs for Compliance Officers Career

The role of Compliance Officers is to 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.

The average annual wage of the occupations is $80,190 and $39 per hour. 7 vocational programs could be taken for the Compliance Officers career. Based on BLS data, a total of 383,620 employees were employed in the Occupation.

The 2024 average tuition over the programs for preparing Compliance Officers is $17,457. The average length of the programs is 483 hours and the average completion time is 10.50 months.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Compliance Officers Career

The following 7 vocational programs are required or helpful to prepare Compliance Officers.

The tuition, program length, and completion time program information is average amounts over all schools that offer each program. This information is only for vocational programs (i.e. certificate programs) and not for bachelor's or graduate degrees.

2024 Average Tuition and Time for Preparing Compliance Officers
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Environmental Studies	30	$39,531	-	-	-
Environmental Science	39	$34,121	-	-	-
Natural Resources Law Enforcement and Protective Services	7	$19,459	-	-	-
Energy and Environmental Policy	1	$23,521	-	-	-
Medical Staff Services Technology/Technician	1	$26,519	-	-	-
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	168	$17,457	$400	483 Hours	10.50 Months
Labor and Industrial Relations	8	$29,634	-	-	-

Related Occupations to Compliance Officers Career

The following 75 occupations are related to Compliance Officers.

Related Occupations toCompliance Officers
Occupation	Total Employees	Annual Wages	Hourly Rate
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Chief Executives	211K	$258,900	$124
Administrative Services Managers	243K	$121,200	$58
Facilities Managers	131K	$111,110	$53
Industrial Production Managers	223K	$125,900	$61
Purchasing Managers	77,530	$146,710	$71
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	199K	$111,870	$54
Compensation and Benefits Managers	18,690	$150,940	$73
Human Resources Managers	201K	$154,740	$74
Construction Managers	329K	$116,960	$56
Natural Sciences Managers	96,520	$169,120	$81
Social and Community Service Managers	174K	$83,400	$40
Managers, All Other	590K	$146,320	$70
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	294K	$75,770	$36
Compliance Officers	384K	$80,190	$39
Human Resources Specialists	896K	$76,060	$37
Labor Relations Specialists	62,800	$94,620	$45
Logisticians	228K	$84,640	$41
Project Management Specialists	948K	$104,920	$50
Management Analysts	838K	$115,530	$56
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	99,850	$80,620	$39
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	1,103K	$89,130	$43
Financial Risk Specialists	55,290	$118,950	$57
Financial Examiners	63,440	$98,140	$47
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents	50,250	$65,370	$31
Computer Occupations, All Other	437K	$112,430	$54
Data Scientists	193K	$119,040	$57
Civil Engineers	328K	$101,160	$49
Environmental Engineers	39,880	$105,840	$51
Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors	22,510	$108,740	$52
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	63,560	$63,770	$31
Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians	13,780	$58,780	$28
Conservation Scientists	22,790	$73,160	$35
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	80,730	$86,710	$42
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health	32,390	$57,470	$28
Forensic Science Technicians	17,520	$71,540	$34
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other	72,230	$62,640	$30
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	122K	$85,570	$41
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians	27,270	$64,250	$31
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	352K	$59,190	$28
Lawyers	731K	$176,470	$85
Judicial Law Clerks	14,680	$64,880	$31
Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers	14,670	$119,940	$58
Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators	7,060	$95,370	$46
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	355K	$66,460	$32
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	49,760	$59,440	$29
Law Teachers, Postsecondary	14,570	$142,440	$0
Physician Assistants	146K	$130,490	$63
Emergency Medicine Physicians	35,100	$306,640	$147
Physicians, Pathologists	11,020	$270,560	$130
Physicians, All Other	310K	$248,640	$120
Medical Records Specialists	186K	$53,690	$26
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	171K	$54,220	$26
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars	34,430	$70,260	$34
Medical Assistants	763K	$43,350	$21
Fire Inspectors and Investigators	14,200	$82,510	$40
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	107K	$95,930	$46
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	646K	$76,550	$37
Private Detectives and Investigators	34,600	$60,270	$29
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	480K	$109,710	$53
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	1,505K	$68,620	$33
Procurement Clerks	61,580	$47,940	$23
Brokerage Clerks	48,060	$63,130	$30
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	158K	$48,760	$23
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	150K	$51,840	$25
Order Clerks	91,830	$43,530	$21
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	101K	$48,800	$23
Cargo and Freight Agents	105K	$52,460	$25
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	844K	$42,730	$21
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	153K	$56,330	$27
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	750K	$43,380	$21
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	242K	$49,530	$24
Agricultural Inspectors	12,660	$52,170	$25
Construction and Building Inspectors	134K	$72,880	$35
Transportation Inspectors	27,670	$83,920	$40

Schools offering vocational programs for Compliance Officers

The following 251 schools offer the vocational programs and certificate courses for preparing Compliance Officers. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.