Jobs / Management and business operations / 13-1041.00
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.
- US jobs
- 417,070
- Median wage
- $80,730 a year
- Job family
- Management and business operations
Can agents do the work of compliance officers?
We read the evidence for the whole job family, Management and business operations: Some tasks (first measured in the last 12 months)
Agents complete 20% or more of the tasks (or projects) on a direct benchmark.
Evidence: SOP-Bench, 72.4% of tasks completed.
14% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark.
- 7%Investigate criminal or legal mattersNot measured
- 7%Examine materials or documentation for accuracy or complianceMeasured
- 7%Provide information to guests, clients, or customersNot measured
- 6%Prepare legal or regulatory documentsNot measured
- 5%Monitor operations to ensure compliance with regulations or standardsMeasured
- 4%Direct organizational operations, activities, or proceduresNot measured
- 4%Advise others on legal or regulatory mattersNot measured
- 4%Inspect facilities or equipmentNot measured
Benchmarks for this occupation
These benchmarks name this occupation in their job mapping.
Direct evidence
Work benchmarks mapped primary to this family. They set the step when they report how many tasks agents complete.
Benchmarks for the job family
These cover work in management and business operations, not always this occupation's tasks.
Direct evidence
Work benchmarks mapped primary to this family. They set the step when they report how many tasks agents complete.
Also relevant
These benchmarks cover part of this family's work, or have no result yet. They do not set its step.
- 45.9%Claude Opus 4.6 · 16 Mar 2026Emerging
- 58.2%Codex + GPT-6 Astra (max) · 3 Sep 2026Emerging
Context only
These benchmarks span many occupations, or they test how agents behave. They give context but do not set the step.
- 1846 EloClaude Opus 5.5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort, Default Fallback) · 23 Sep 2026Unrated
- 42.9%TTE-MatrixAgent + DeepSeek-V3.2 · 10 Nov 2025Emerging
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Warn violators of infractions or penalties.
- Evaluate applications, records, or documents to gather information about eligibility or liability issues.
- Advise licensees or other individuals or groups concerning licensing, permit, or passport regulations.
- Prepare reports of activities, evaluations, recommendations, or decisions.
- Report law or regulation violations to appropriate boards or agencies.
- Confer with or interview officials, technical or professional specialists, or applicants to obtain information or to clarify facts relevant to licensing decisions.
- Issue licenses to individuals meeting standards.
- Collect fees for licenses.
- Administer oral, written, road, or flight tests to license applicants.
- Visit establishments to verify that valid licenses or permits are displayed and that licensing standards are being upheld.
- Score tests and observe equipment operation and control to rate ability of applicants.
- Prepare correspondence to inform concerned parties of licensing decisions or appeals processes.
Other job titles for this occupation (63)
Driver Examiner · Driver License Agent · Driver License Examiner · Examiner · License Examiner · License Registration Examiner · Licensing Analyst · Motor Vehicle Clerk · Public Service Representative (PSR) · Transportation Services Representative (TSR) · Air Pollution Compliance Inspector · Certified Driver Examiner (CDE) · Certified Driver License Test Administrator · Compliance Administrator (Compliance Admin) · Compliance Analyst · Compliance Consultant · Compliance Coordinator · Compliance Examiner · Compliance Investigator · Compliance Officer · Compliance Professional · Compliance Specialist · Cosmetology Inspector · Department of Motor Vehicles Clerk (DMV Clerk) · Deportation Examiner · Driver License Reviewing Officer · Driver License Technician · Driver's License Examiner · EEO Officer (Equal Employment Opportunity Officer) · Environmental Compliance Inspector · Equal Employment Opportunity Investigator · Equal Employment Opportunity Representative · Forms Examiner · Immigration Investigator · Immigration Officer · Industry Operations Investigator · IT Compliance Analyst (Information Technology Compliance Analyst) · License Inspector · Licensing Inspector · Licensing Officer · Licensing Registration Examiner · Licensing Representative · Licensing Technician · Mortician Investigator · Motor Vehicle Examiner · Motor Vehicle Inspector · Naturalization Examiner · Passport Application Examiner · Passport Clerk · Public Service Representative Specialist (PSR Specialist) · Qualifications Examiner · Regulation Officer · Regulatory Compliance Analyst · Regulatory Compliance Specialist · Risk and Compliance Analyst · Road Test Examiner · Scales Inspector · Security Compliance Analyst · Test Examiner · Trade Compliance Specialist · Wage and Hour Investigator · Weight and Inspection Coordinator · Weights and Measures Sealer