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Compliance officers

Typically requires Bachelor's degree

What is this page & how do I use it?

This is a research report for one career — the kind an analyst would write for a stock. The rating at the top is the neutral baseline (same for everyone); below it come the cases for and against, how the last official forecast for this career actually aged, and what the education path costs and pays.

How to use it: read the bulls-vs-bears case, then hit Score this career to weigh it against your other options with your own interests factored in.

CareerStar rating
RiskyMedium uncertainty
top 47% of all 730 careers

Analyst take: Decent prospects — +3% projected growth, moderate AI exposure (68/100).

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/ 100
low riskhigh
top row = high reward

Moat (borrowed from investing — the water that defends a castle): how shielded this career is from AI. None = broadly exposed — many of its tasks are automatable and its skills are widely shared. (Exposure ≠ job loss; see the bears below.)

The small grid is a style box (borrowed from Morningstar’s fund reports): the blue square places this career on reward (top row = high) versus risk (left column = low), against all 730 careers. Medium uncertainty means the score leans partly on forward-looking bets like AI exposure, so treat the exact number loosely.

🐂 Bulls say
  • +High pay — above 74% of careers ($78,420).
  • +Strong projected growth — outpaces 55% of careers (+3%).
🐻 Bears say
  • High AI exposure — 68% of tasks are model-touchable (exposure ≠ job loss).
📜 Reality check — how the last forecast for this career fared

In 2014, the U.S. government projected +3.3% growth for this career by 2024. What actually happened: +60.6%. Reality beat the forecast — a reminder that every number on this page is an estimate, and this is how the last one aged. Full back-test →

Was this rating fair?
Projected growth
+3%
Median pay
$78,420
AI exposure
68/100
share of tasks exposed to AI — not job loss

Education & ROI — how to get here

Real outcomes for the college majors that feed this occupation, across 3,661 bachelor’s programs.

Median earnings
$34,573
1 year after graduating
Typical debt
$26,000
median federal debt
Pay-to-debt
1.3×
first-year pay ÷ debt
Feeder majors
Security and Loss Prevention ServicesMedical Administrative/Executive Assistant and Medical SecretaryPublic Health GeneticsHuman Resources Management and ServicesNatural Resources Conservation and Research
Selective schools offering these majors
Harvard University
MA · 4% admit rate
$85,540/yr
$101,817 grad pay
Yale University
CT · 4% admit rate
$88,300/yr
$100,533 grad pay
Columbia University in the City of New York
NY · 4% admit rate
$89,472/yr
$102,491 grad pay
University of Chicago
IL · 4% admit rate
$90,360/yr
$91,885 grad pay
Northeastern University
MA · 5% admit rate
$84,641/yr
$92,538 grad pay
Brown University
RI · 5% admit rate
$87,648/yr
$93,487 grad pay

Earnings & debt from the U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard; majors mapped to this occupation via the NCES CIP→SOC crosswalk. A grounded ROI snapshot, not a guarantee — pay varies widely by school and specialty.

What this work involves

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