The conscience and safety net of business: people who keep companies honest, legal, safe and sustainable.
Top pay: highest pay, longest training
Chief Compliance Officer: The executive responsible for making sure a whole company follows laws and regulations, and blowing the whistle internally when it doesn't. Typical pay $190k.
Chief Sustainability Officer: Leads a company's plan to cut its environmental impact and report on it honestly. Typical pay $200k.
Chief Privacy Officer: Protects how a company collects and uses people's personal data, and keeps it in line with privacy laws. Typical pay $200k.
Corporate Secretary: A senior officer (not a typist!) who runs a company's board of directors process and official legal records. Typical pay $180k.
Corporate Ethics Officer: Runs a company's ethics program: code of conduct, whistleblower hotline and investigations. Typical pay $150k.
AI Governance Manager: Sets the rules for how a company builds and uses AI so it stays legal, fair and safe. Typical pay $155k.
Mid pay: solid pay, degree or apprenticeship
Compliance Officer: Checks that an organization follows laws and internal rules, and fixes problems before regulators find them. Typical pay $78k.
Business Continuity Manager: Plans how a company keeps running during disasters: hurricanes, cyberattacks, pandemics or power outages. Typical pay $100k.
Sustainability Manager: Leads projects that reduce a company's waste, energy use and emissions. Typical pay $95k.
ESG Analyst: Rates companies on environmental, social and governance issues for investors or for the company itself. Typical pay $85k.
Carbon Accounting Analyst: Measures a company's greenhouse gas emissions so it can report and reduce them. Typical pay $82k.
Privacy Analyst: Reviews how a company handles personal data and makes sure it follows privacy laws. Typical pay $95k.
Regulatory Affairs Specialist: Gets new medicines, medical devices or foods approved by agencies like the FDA. Typical pay $95k.
Quality Systems Auditor: Audits companies against standards like ISO 9001 to certify they make products consistently. Typical pay $78k.
Corporate Security Manager: Protects a company's people, buildings and executives from threats. Typical pay $105k.
Product Safety Compliance Specialist: Makes sure products like toys, electronics and furniture meet safety laws before they go on sale. Typical pay $78k.
Social Compliance Auditor: Visits factories around the world to check that workers are paid fairly and treated safely. Typical pay $72k.
Sports Betting Integrity Analyst: Watches betting data for strange patterns that could mean a game is being fixed or an insider is betting, and alerts leagues and regulators. Typical pay $78k.
Cannabis Compliance Manager: Keeps a licensed marijuana grower, factory or dispensary following state rules on tracking, testing, labels, security and sales. Typical pay $78k.
Conflict Minerals Analyst: Traces where the tin, tungsten, tantalum, gold and cobalt in a company's products were mined so they do not fund war or forced labor. Typical pay $85k.
Packaging EPR Compliance Analyst: Tracks every box, bottle and wrapper a company sells in states with new recycling laws that make brands pay for their packaging waste. Typical pay $85k.
Responsible Gaming Program Manager: Runs the programs that help casino and sportsbook customers gamble safely: limits, self-exclusion lists, staff training and help for problem gamblers. Typical pay $85k.
Starter: fastest way in
Compliance Assistant: Supports a compliance team with document tracking, training records and reports. Typical pay $50k.
Safety Coordinator: Helps run day-to-day safety programs on jobsites and in plants. Typical pay $52k.
Business Licensing Specialist: Keeps track of the hundreds of licenses and permits a company needs in every state. Typical pay $52k.
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