Salary guide, May 2025
Document Control Manager pay, United States
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The median annual wage for Compliance Officers in the United States was $80,730 (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2025). The middle half of workers earned between $61,280 and $109,010.
Broader occupation · SOC 13-1041 Compliance Officers
BLS measures this broader occupation across industries. It does not publish a separate wage for this manufacturing title.
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $48,220 | $61,280 | $80,730 | $109,010 | $133,720 |
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $23.18 | $29.46 | $38.81 | $52.41 | $64.29 |
BLS estimated 417,070 workers employed in this occupation in the United States.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. SOC 13-1041 Compliance Officers, U.S.. Official occupation data · Official area tables. Released 2026-05-15.
How does pay compare in the target metros?
| Metro | Median | 25th to 75th | Employment | Location quotient |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | $79,770 | $59,630 to $107,640 | 10,530 | 1.39 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | $75,920 | $54,470 to $101,640 | 4,110 | 1.06 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | $70,930 | $52,000 to $99,890 | 3,680 | 0.97 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | $79,570 | $62,980 to $105,250 | 2,200 | 1.1 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $101,050 | $75,660 to $128,790 | 23,380 | 0.92 |
| Northern New Jersey within New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $101,050 | $75,660 to $128,790 | 23,380 | 0.92 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $77,760 | $57,320 to $105,570 | 12,530 | 1.15 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | $82,020 | $65,130 to $108,970 | 8,320 | 0.69 |
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What should you know about pay by manufacturing industry, United States?
Same BLS occupation, national estimates for each manufacturing industry (NAICS) BLS publishes, May 2025. Industry names are BLS labels.
- Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing$123,240
- Metalworking Machinery Manufacturing$115,780
- Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing$105,890
- Other Transportation Equipment Manufacturing$103,830
- Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing$103,260
- Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing$103,260
- Communications Equipment Manufacturing$101,890
- Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing$101,650
- Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing$101,650
- Turned Product and Screw, Nut, and Bolt Manufacturing$100,000
- Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing$99,910
- Transportation Equipment Manufacturing$97,940
- Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing$97,670
- Tobacco Manufacturing$96,890
- Miscellaneous Manufacturing$96,850
Bars show up to 15 industries with exact annual medians. The table lists every published industry.
| NAICS | Industry | Employment | 25th | Median | 75th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31-33 | Manufacturing | 19,770 | $68,760 | $89,290 | $117,560 |
| 325000 | Chemical Manufacturing | 6,790 | $70,180 | $91,390 | $121,460 |
| 325400 | Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing | 5,380 | $73,470 | $96,520 | $124,490 |
| 339000 | Miscellaneous Manufacturing | 2,530 | $74,720 | $96,850 | $123,710 |
| 334000 | Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing | 2,510 | $83,410 | $103,260 | $128,860 |
| 339100 | Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing | 2,170 | $78,800 | $99,910 | $128,530 |
| 336000 | Transportation Equipment Manufacturing | 1,850 | $80,100 | $97,940 | $127,430 |
| 311000 | Food Manufacturing | 1,780 | $59,640 | $76,430 | $93,660 |
| 334500 | Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing | 1,520 | $85,580 | $105,890 | $130,470 |
| 333000 | Machinery Manufacturing | 1,180 | $69,200 | $83,880 | $109,240 |
| 332000 | Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing | 950 | $56,150 | $70,770 | $98,280 |
| 3250A1 | Chemical Manufacturing (3251, 3252, 3253, and 3259 only) | 900 | $64,860 | $84,250 | $109,200 |
| 336400 | Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing | 820 | $97,230 | $123,240 | $145,780 |
| 3330A1 | Machinery Manufacturing (3331, 3332, 3334, and 3339 only) | 660 | $63,560 | $84,480 | $108,900 |
| 334400 | Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing | 570 | $79,650 | $103,260 | $126,620 |
| 3250A2 | Chemical Manufacturing (3255 and 3256 only) | 510 | $63,100 | $76,020 | $96,130 |
| 311900 | Other Food Manufacturing | 490 | $59,650 | $77,150 | $94,470 |
| 3320A1 | Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (3321, 3322, 3325, 3326, and 3329 only) | 410 | $58,230 | $77,320 | $106,620 |
| 326000 | Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing | 400 | $66,140 | $88,100 | $106,220 |
| 312000 | Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing | 390 | $63,480 | $77,600 | $95,700 |
| 336100 | Motor Vehicle Manufacturing | 360 | $65,810 | $83,410 | $105,200 |
| 339900 | Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing | 360 | $53,500 | $64,930 | $85,500 |
| 336600 | Ship and Boat Building | 350 | $83,700 | $83,700 | $101,140 |
| 312100 | Beverage Manufacturing | 330 | $63,090 | $76,030 | $91,200 |
| 326100 | Plastics Product Manufacturing | 330 | $64,080 | $88,630 | $107,510 |
| 335000 | Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing | 330 | $69,090 | $84,160 | $111,630 |
| 311500 | Dairy Product Manufacturing | 280 | $67,620 | $81,640 | $97,960 |
| 311600 | Animal Slaughtering and Processing | 280 | $49,040 | $67,960 | $85,340 |
| 333300 | Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing | 230 | $60,900 | $86,030 | $104,770 |
| 333600 | Engine, Turbine, and Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing | 220 | $78,770 | $80,890 | $97,360 |
| 324000 | Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing | 210 | $84,720 | $101,650 | $122,560 |
| 324100 | Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing | 210 | $84,720 | $101,650 | $122,560 |
| 334200 | Communications Equipment Manufacturing | 210 | $83,040 | $101,890 | $130,230 |
| 332700 | Machine Shops; Turned Product; and Screw, Nut, and Bolt Manufacturing | 200 | $57,140 | $68,640 | $94,850 |
| 334100 | Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing | 190 | $70,470 | $97,670 | $123,020 |
| 311100 | Animal Food Manufacturing | 180 | $60,870 | $75,660 | $87,350 |
| 331000 | Primary Metal Manufacturing | 180 | $54,710 | $64,710 | $91,610 |
| 3320A2 | Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (3323 and 3324 only) | 180 | $57,020 | $66,190 | $86,230 |
| 311400 | Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing | 170 | $59,920 | $70,270 | $89,980 |
| 311800 | Bakeries and Tortilla Manufacturing | 170 | $58,230 | $70,530 | $85,430 |
| 335900 | Other Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing | 170 | $62,540 | $81,860 | $117,750 |
| 336300 | Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing | 170 | $70,320 | $92,860 | $109,950 |
| 323000 | Printing and Related Support Activities | 150 | $47,370 | $63,590 | $82,920 |
| 323100 | Printing and Related Support Activities | 150 | $47,370 | $63,590 | $82,920 |
| 332710 | Machine Shops | 150 | $51,100 | $60,170 | $75,190 |
| 332800 | Coating, Engraving, Heat Treating, and Allied Activities | 150 | $51,750 | $60,290 | $93,280 |
| 322000 | Paper Manufacturing | 130 | $58,590 | $75,340 | $106,810 |
| 337000 | Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing | 110 | $53,320 | $71,940 | $91,990 |
| 3370A1 | Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing (3371 and 3372 only) | 110 | $53,230 | $71,940 | $91,500 |
| 311300 | Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing | 100 | $61,750 | $79,430 | $104,830 |
| 322200 | Converted Paper Product Manufacturing | 100 | $58,510 | $74,560 | $95,910 |
| 327000 | Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing | 100 | $67,880 | $81,860 | $98,790 |
| 327000 | Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing | 100 | $67,880 | $81,860 | $98,790 |
| 335300 | Electrical Equipment Manufacturing | 100 | $78,370 | $88,250 | $94,170 |
| 311200 | Grain and Oilseed Milling | 90 | $61,310 | $75,770 | $85,530 |
| 315000 | Apparel Manufacturing | 90 | $56,880 | $77,340 | $99,090 |
| 315200 | Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing | 80 | $56,880 | $73,770 | $95,430 |
| 336200 | Motor Vehicle Body and Trailer Manufacturing | 80 | $55,650 | $64,740 | $80,740 |
| 321000 | Wood Product Manufacturing | 70 | $72,080 | $80,110 | $86,120 |
| 333500 | Metalworking Machinery Manufacturing | 70 | $83,290 | $115,780 | $120,000 |
| 326200 | Rubber Product Manufacturing | 60 | $76,300 | $83,790 | $97,180 |
| 331400 | Nonferrous Metal (except Aluminum) Production and Processing | 60 | $53,330 | $68,010 | $119,420 |
| 312200 | Tobacco Manufacturing | 50 | $71,170 | $96,890 | $126,950 |
| 331500 | Foundries | 50 | $52,910 | $61,800 | $82,570 |
| 332720 | Turned Product and Screw, Nut, and Bolt Manufacturing | 50 | $75,290 | $100,000 | $135,200 |
| 335200 | Household Appliance Manufacturing | 40 | $73,140 | $93,460 | $134,850 |
| 336500 | Railroad Rolling Stock Manufacturing | 40 | $58,800 | $61,910 | $81,890 |
| 313000 | Textile Mills | 30 | $70,940 | $92,880 | $126,150 |
| 321900 | Other Wood Product Manufacturing | 30 | $75,020 | $82,120 | $99,610 |
| 331100 | Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing | 30 | $56,920 | $60,630 | $112,760 |
| 336900 | Other Transportation Equipment Manufacturing | 30 | $69,810 | $103,830 | $111,940 |
| 331300 | Alumina and Aluminum Production and Processing | Not published by BLS | $52,930 | $58,660 | $84,250 |
What should you know about manufacturing pay mix?
For Document Control Manager, clarify the base pay before discussing call-outs, travel or extra shifts. OEWS includes base rate, guaranteed pay and production incentive pay. It excludes overtime premium, shift differentials and nonproduction bonuses. An attendance bonus is not a production bonus; confirm its purpose and treatment rather than adding every bonus to the BLS figure.
Skills-based pay steps affect the base rate when they are part of straight-time pay; BLS does not publish a separate rate for each plant's skill grade. Ask whether a tool allowance is expense reimbursement or wage pay. OEWS does not publish a separate tool-allowance component. Keep these items separate in the offer so the published wage is not mistaken for the whole package.
Pay mix here means how published medians for this one BLS occupation differ across manufacturing industries and against the all-industry median. It does not split pay into base, incentive or overtime. BLS wages are straight-time gross pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials and nonproduction bonuses.
What should you know about two BLS releases?
| Release period | 25th | Median | 75th |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | $59,130 | $78,420 | $104,800 |
| May 2025 | $61,280 | $80,730 | $109,010 |
These are two separate BLS estimates from different survey panels. The workers and employers behind them differ, so the gap is not like-for-like pay for the same workers and is not a growth rate. We show no percentage change.
Recruiter's read. Qualitative, not BLS data.
What should you know about the authority you are offering?
Settle document governance rather than authorship of every technical procedure before outreach begins. We put the difference around document governance rather than authorship of every technical procedure in front of you so the interview tests missing experience rather than assuming it is already there.
What should you know about questions?
Wages for the OEWS survey are straight-time, gross pay, exclusive of premium pay. Base rate; cost-of-living allowances; guaranteed pay; hazardous-duty pay; incentive pay, including commissions and production bonuses; and tips are included. Excluded are overtime pay, severance pay, shift differentials, nonproduction bonuses, employer cost for supplementary benefits, and tuition reimbursements.
What is the median pay for a Document Control Manager?
The median annual wage for Compliance Officers in the United States was $80,730 (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2025). The middle half of workers earned between $61,280 and $109,010. This is the broader occupation BLS publishes, not a figure for this exact title.
What does the 10th percentile mean here?
10% of workers in this occupation and area earned less than $48,220. 90% earned less than $133,720.
Does this include overtime or bonuses?
Wages for the OEWS survey are straight-time, gross pay, exclusive of premium pay. Base rate; cost-of-living allowances; guaranteed pay; hazardous-duty pay; incentive pay, including commissions and production bonuses; and tips are included. Excluded are overtime pay, severance pay, shift differentials, nonproduction bonuses, employer cost for supplementary benefits, and tuition reimbursements.
Is this the pay for a Document Control Manager at a plant?
BLS measures this broader occupation across industries. It does not publish a separate wage for this manufacturing title. These are occupation estimates across all industries, not an offer for a particular manufacturing title.
How many people work in this occupation?
BLS estimated 417,070 workers employed in this occupation in the United States.
What should you know about related?
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What does this data mean for your opening?
The Document Control Manager role is defined by its ability to prevent obsolete instructions from reaching the production floor, ensuring proper governance. While they maintain technical procedures, their primary responsibility is document management rather than the authorship of every technical design change. Manufacturing Headhunters maps this role to the broader Compliance Officers classification.
Because the BLS does not track this specific manufacturing title, the provided data covers the full range of compliance-focused occupations, requiring users to exercise judgment in its application.
Nationally, the median salary is $80,730, a $2,310 increase from the May 2024 median of $78,420. The middle-band width is $47,730. These figures ignore variable non-base compensation, such as bonuses or merit-based equity awards, as the BLS omits these from their report. Industry medians are higher in sectors like Aerospace at $123,240, Metalworking Machinery Manufacturing at $115,780, and Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing at $105,890.
For regional benchmarking, the New York-Newark-Jersey City area reports a median of $101,050 and a middle-band width of $53,130. The location quotient in the New York metro is 0.92, and in Los Angeles it is 1.05. These figures demonstrate the broader occupational trends across major manufacturing hubs, though they do not isolate the difficulty of finding document-governance expertise.
The data is subject to the limitation of the broad Compliance Officers code, which aggregates various auditing and document-management tasks outside of manufacturing settings. It is impossible to filter the pay profile specifically for document-control roles using this dataset. We do not generate estimates or invent values. Use these figures as a broad reference to understand the national market for compliance-focused roles, and adjust for the specialized documentation governance requirements your specific facility demands.
Which pay questions should you settle before hiring?
Does this data reflect manufacturing-specific documentation pay?
No, it represents the Compliance Officers category as a whole. It is an aggregate of many compliance functions across various sectors.
How do I account for the wage difference in New York vs the national median?
The New York area shows a median of $101,050 for this broader category, which is higher than the national median of $80,730. This reflects regional salary variations for compliance roles.
Are the figures in this guide estimated?
No, all figures provided are exactly as listed in the supplied packet.
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