Education Analysis

Education Requirements for Compliance Officers

Does degree level affect salary? Based on education data in DOL PERM (green card) filings.

Salary by Education Level

What the Data Shows

For Compliance Officers positions, filings requiring a Master's degree carried an average declared salary of $90,151 versus $84,679 for those requiring a Bachelor's - a premium of +6.5%. Across all certified filings with a stated education level, 44.2% accepted a Bachelor's degree as the minimum requirement.

Education vs Salary

Education LevelAverage SalaryFilings% of Total
Doctorate$114,503122%
Master's$90,15128448.1%
Other$88,183111.9%
Bachelor's$84,67926144.2%
Associate's$62,55491.5%
High School$52,44550.8%
None$50,76081.4%

Education by Top Employer

EmployerMost Common Minimum% Bachelor's% Master'sMedian Salary
Medtronic, Inc. Master's 0% 100% $75,358
Unicon Pharma Inc Master's 0% 100% $70,366
RevereIT LLC Master's 0% 100% $72,446
Integrated Resources Inc Master's 0% 100% $66,248
Freyr,Inc. Master's 12.5% 87.5% $55,578
Abbott Laboratories Master's 30% 70% $92,200
Amgen Inc. Master's 22.2% 77.8% $93,516
The Fountain Group N/A N/A N/A $74,880
Global Pharma Tek N/A N/A N/A $65,000
Genzyme Corporation Bachelor's 100% 0% $78,901
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC Master's 20% 80% $67,038
Zimmer, Inc. Bachelor's 100% 0% $67,082
Oracle America Inc. Bachelor's 100% 0% $88,500
COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS U.S. CORPORATION N/A N/A N/A $64,771
Validation Associates LLC N/A N/A N/A $63,991
Boston Scientific Corporation Bachelor's 50% 50% $65,598
Gilead Sciences, Inc Bachelor's 57.1% 42.9% $100,768
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. Master's 0% 100% $94,432
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP Master's 50% 50% $97,000
Covidien LP Master's 0% 100% $68,058