For the second straight year, our “Inside the Mind of the CCO” survey found that more females than males identify as either chief compliance officers or chief ethics and compliance officers, though men in those positions made an average of 17 percent more than women—a reversal of a surprising trend in last year’s data.
Females made up 55 percent of the 120 practitioners surveyed who said they were either CCOs or CECOs, compared to 43 percent who were male (2 percent chose not to say). On average, those women made $303,000 annually in total compensation—about the value of a loaded Land Rover, but less than the $365,000 average compensation made by men with those same job titles. Last year’s survey results revealed that female CCOs made a bit more than their male counterparts.
