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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 at the level of the job family, Management and business operations:

  • Task levelPartialOnly adjacent evidence. On TheAgentCompany, which gives agents workplace tasks inside a simulated software company, the best agent resolves 42.9% of tasks (a November 2025 result). No task-level benchmark in our collection maps directly to management or business operations.
  • Project levelPartialMixed. OpenAI reports that GPT-5.5's GDPval deliverables won or tied against professionals' work in 84.9% of comparisons, and the best agent passes 73.5% of APEX-Agents tasks on the first try. Running a business is weaker: on Vending-Bench 2 the best model ends a simulated year with $15,515, about a quarter of Andon Labs' estimate for a good strategy.

Benchmarks for the job family

These cover work in management and business operations, not always this occupation's tasks.

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