Compliance Managers
Plan, direct, or coordinate activities of an organization to ensure compliance with ethical or regulatory standards.
Most important skills
- Reading Comprehension
- Critical Thinking
- Active Listening
- Writing
- Speaking
- Active Learning
- Monitoring
- Coordination
Key knowledge
- Law and Government
- English Language
- Administration and Management
- Customer and Personal Service
- Personnel and Human Resources
- Computers and Electronics
- Education and Training
- Administrative
What the work involves
- Serve as a confidential point of contact for employees to communicate with management, seek clarification on issues or dilemmas, or report irregularities.
- Maintain documentation of compliance activities, such as complaints received or investigation outcomes.
- Consult with corporate attorneys as necessary to address difficult legal compliance issues.
- Collaborate with human resources departments to ensure the implementation of consistent disciplinary action strategies in cases of compliance standard violations.
- Advise internal management or business partners on the implementation or operation of compliance programs.
- Provide employee training on compliance related topics, policies, or procedures.
- Report violations of compliance or regulatory standards to duly authorized enforcement agencies as appropriate or required.
- Provide assistance to internal or external auditors in compliance reviews.
Strongest interest areas (O*NET): Conventional, Enterprising, Social.
Qualifications and licensing
- Most common education
- Bachelor's Degree (63.4% of respondents)
- Related experience
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (42.6%)
- On-the-job training
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months (27%)
- Preparation level
- O*NET job zone 4: Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
- Licensing
- Not yet verified. Check your state licensing board.
Check before planning
- Licensing for Compliance Managers is not yet verified for any state: check the state licensing board before planning.
- Projection education uses SOC 11-9199 (detailed_parent); it may describe a broader group.
Limits
- Distributions show what current workers or occupational experts report, not legal minimums.
- Requirements vary by employer and state; time to qualify is not estimated.
Source: O*NET 31.0 Database (USDOL/ETA, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections · dataset 2026.10.8 · method e3-qualification-1.0.0
Work environment
How the typical conditions of this occupation compare with 911 occupations in O*NET (very low = the lowest fifth).
Levels are relative. Most occupations involve a lot of contact with people, for example, so “very low” can still mean regular contact; the last column shows what workers actually reported.
| Condition | Level | Compared with other occupations | Most common answer (O*NET survey) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact with others | High | Higher on contact with others than 73% of occupations compared | 69% of surveyed respondents chose “Constant contact with others” |
| Dealing with the public | High | Higher on dealing with the public than 70% of occupations compared | 45% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely important” |
| Teamwork | Very high | Higher on teamwork than 91% of occupations compared | 76% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely important” |
| Freedom to make decisions | High | Higher on freedom to make decisions than 65% of occupations compared | 49% of surveyed respondents chose “A lot of freedom” |
| Time pressure | Very high | Higher on time pressure than 82% of occupations compared | 50% of surveyed respondents chose “Every day” |
| Conflict situations | Very high | Higher on conflict situations than 83% of occupations compared | 33% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a month or more but not every week” |
| Dealing with unpleasant or angry people | High | Higher on dealing with unpleasant or angry people than 71% of occupations compared | 35% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a year or more but not every month” |
| Consequence of error | Moderate | Higher on consequence of error than 55% of occupations compared | 32% of surveyed respondents chose “Fairly serious” |
Work-pressure profile
- Time pressure: very high
- Conflict situations: very high
- Dealing with unpleasant or angry people: high
- Consequence of error: moderate
Each part is shown on its own. There is no combined stress score, and conditions vary by employer and role.
Full answer distributions
Contact with others
- No contact with others: 0%
- Occasional contact with others: 0%
- Contact with others about half the time: 3.58%
- Contact with others most of the time: 26.95%
- Constant contact with others: 69.47%
n = 26, Incumbent 08/2019
Dealing with the public
- Not important at all: 7.05%
- Fairly important: 6.59%
- Important: 17.35%
- Very important: 24.3%
- Extremely important: 44.71%
n = 26, Incumbent 08/2019
Teamwork
- Not important at all: 0%
- Fairly important: 0%
- Important: 0%
- Very important: 24.17%
- Extremely important: 75.83%
n = 26, Incumbent 08/2019
Freedom to make decisions
- No freedom: 0%
- Very little freedom: 1.94%
- Limited freedom: 16.81%
- Some freedom: 32.14%
- A lot of freedom: 49.1%
n = 26, Incumbent 08/2019
Time pressure
- Never: 0%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 0.2%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 19.98%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 29.92%
- Every day: 49.9%
n = 26, Incumbent 08/2019
Conflict situations
- Never: 0%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 24.82%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 32.54%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 17.95%
- Every day: 24.7%
n = 26, Incumbent 08/2019
Dealing with unpleasant or angry people
- Never: 0%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 35.3%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 33.36%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 7.98%
- Every day: 23.36%
n = 26, Incumbent 08/2019
Consequence of error
- Not serious at all: 10.49%
- Fairly serious: 31.8%
- Serious: 23%
- Very serious: 9.58%
- Extremely serious: 25.14%
n = 26, Incumbent 08/2019
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