Mid-Level

Compliance Representative

In a compliance function, you act as the operational point of contact — fielding business-line questions on rules and procedures, processing routine compliance approvals, supporting monitoring activities, and connecting business teams to deeper compliance expertise.

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Job markets for Compliance Representatives
Employment concentration · ~390 areas
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What it's like

What it's like to be a Compliance Representative

A typical week tends to involve inbound business-line questions, routine approvals, monitoring support, and the steady cadence of cross-functional engagement — fielding a "can we do X" call from a salesperson, processing a routine compliance review, supporting a periodic monitoring activity, sitting in business-line training sessions. Questions resolved, approvals processed, and business-partner satisfaction are the operating measures.

The harder part often lies in calibrating the response — most business questions are legitimate, some are testing the line, and you're often making real-time interpretive calls. Variance across employers is wide: large banks and broker-dealers run highly structured compliance-representative teams; smaller firms expect the role to be more generalist.

The role tends to fit folks who enjoy the customer-service dimension of compliance work — being the helpful, accurate, hedge-when-uncertain voice. CCEP and sector-specific credentials anchor advancement. The trade-off is the volume of repetitive questions and the responsibility of giving answers that business teams will act on without further review.

AchievementAbove avg
Working ConditionsModerate
SupportModerate
IndependenceModerate
RecognitionLower
RelationshipsLower
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Career Paths

Where this role sits in the broader career landscape — and where it can take you.

$239K$179K$119K$60K$0KLower paying387 metro areas, sorted by salary level
All experience levels1
This level's estimated range
INDUSTRIES PAYING ABOVE AVERAGE
1 BLS OEWS May 2024 covers all Compliance Representatives (SOC 13-1041.01), not just this title · BEA RPP 2023
* Top salaries exceed this figure. BLS caps reported wages at ~$240K to protect individual privacy in high-earning roles.
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The Broader Landscape

Roles like this one sit within a broader occupational category. The numbers below reflect that full landscape — helpful for context, but your specific experience will depend on level, specialty, and where you work.

$46K–$130K
Salary Range
10th – 90th percentile
398K
U.S. Employment
+3%
10yr Growth
33K
Annual Openings

How this category is changing

$74K$71K$68K$65K$62K201920202021202220232024$62K$74K
BLS OEWS May 2024 · BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034

Skills & Requirements

Reading ComprehensionCritical ThinkingWritingSpeakingActive ListeningActive LearningMonitoringComplex Problem SolvingOperations MonitoringSystems Evaluation
O*NET OnLine · Bureau of Labor Statistics
13-1041.01

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Federal data: BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics (May 2024) · BLS Employment Projections · O*NET OnLine
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