Inside the Mind of the CCO

Majority of CCOs worry about ‘keeping up with pace of technological change,’ Compliance Week’s Inside the Mind survey finds

If in 2025 you passed sleepless nights worrying about the ever-evolving pace of technology like AI, you had company—and lots of it, according to Compliance Week’s annual Inside the Mind of the CCO survey.

Salary

CCO/CECO salaries spiked in 2025, according to Inside the Mind survey

Compliance officer salaries spiked in 2025 by between 25 and 35 percent over 2024, according to the results of Compliance Week’s seventh annual Inside the Mind of the CCO survey.

GenderPay

Salary gender gap alive and well among CCOs

The salaries of women compliance professionals are still well below those of men, Compliance Week’s seventh annual Inside the Mind of the CCO survey shows.

Inside the Mind of the CCO survey finds most compliance teams allow AI use, but governance lags behind

AI use in compliance is here, and it is worrying compliance professionals, according to CW’s Inside the Mind of the CCO survey.

Compliance officers grapple with AI risks as upper management pushes adoption

It’s clear that AI is a reality for compliance. Introducing new technology slowly was the norm, but AI has been given the fast track in organizations both big and small, across all industries.

ITM survey: Some organizations pull DEI programs—and some keep them—under feds’ DEI reversal, compliance officers report

Nearly four in 10 compliance teams have made it a priority to review risks related to their traditional DEI efforts and other programs in the face of the Trump administration’s unprecedented broadsides against the programs.