Compliance Week’s first annual “Inside the Mind of the CCO” survey found that not only do more women than men identify themselves as chief compliance officers, they report slightly higher annual compensation than their male counterparts as well.
Of the 83 CCOs polled (36 percent of all practitioners surveyed), females earn an average of about 5 percent more per year than males: Around $253,000 compared to $241,000 for men. Women made up 54 percent of CCO respondents (which included those with the chief ethics and compliance officer title as well), compared to 45 percent men (1 percent didn’t say).
