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Governance, risk, and compliance jobs in Chicago: banking, insurance, derivatives trading, healthcare, and manufacturing.
Open GRC jobs in Chicago (19)
Cybersecurity Governance Lead
Experienced IT Auditor
Senior Consultant, Third Party Issue Management - Third Party Risk Management
QUALITY ASSURANCE SPECIALIST (TITLE 32)
Sr. Analyst, Identity & KYC
Compliance - AML Manager
IT Financial Compliance Senior Manager
Futures Risk Program Manager
Associate Compliance Officer, Oversight
CDD Risk Analyst, Event Driven Reviews
Lead Data Scientist, Credit Risk
Director of Risk, Brokerage
Lead Analyst, Financial Crimes
Head of CDD and KYC, Americas
IT CYBERSECURITY SPECIALIST (INFOSEC) TITLE 5
Account Executive Product - Fraud & Risk
Senior Associate, Compliance Advisory
Financial Crimes Compliance Consultant (Contractor)
INTERNAL CONTROL ANALYST (TITLE 5)
The Chicago GRC market
Chicago is the third-largest market in the country and a powerhouse for governance, risk, and compliance hiring. The city anchors banking, insurance, and the world's largest derivatives exchanges, all under heavy regulatory load from the SEC, CFTC, and the Federal Reserve. Illinois was also early to biometric privacy law, which gave local employers real fluency in data governance and privacy. Add major health systems and a deep manufacturing base, and Chicago offers big-market GRC depth, from financial crime and model risk to privacy and audit, at a lower cost than the coasts.
Key sectors: banking, insurance, derivatives trading, healthcare, and manufacturing. On the board now: 19 local and 0 remote-eligible jobs.
BLS put the 2024 median at $78,420. In 2026, market trackers show averages from roughly $99,000 to $120,000, with the top quartile above $160,000. Financial centers and senior governance roles sit at the top of that range.
Sources: BLS, 2024 median
Chicago GRC jobs: what the market looks like right now
A snapshot built from the 19 Chicago GRC roles currently on this page.
What these roles pay by level
| Level | Median midpoint | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| Mid-level | $98k | 6 |
| Senior / lead / manager | $134k | 7 |
How these figures were calculated, and sources
Primary source: our own board. Every figure above is the median midpoint of the salary ranges published in the live postings on this page. Nothing is estimated, modeled, or carried over from a previous month. It is recalculated each time the board refreshes.
What is included. Only postings that publish a salary range. Hourly, weekly and monthly rates are annualised (2,080 hours, 52 weeks, 12 months). Ranges below $20,000 a year are excluded as data-entry placeholders. A seniority band is shown only when at least five postings support it; executive / c-suite is present on this page but below that threshold, so no median is published for that band.
What this is not. These are advertised ranges, not accepted offers. Advertised ranges tend to run wider than what is actually paid, and roles that do not publish a range are missing from the calculation entirely, which can bias the result upward.
For an independent benchmark, compare against the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics for SOC 13-1041 (Compliance Officers), published annually at bls.gov/oes. BLS reports actual wages across all employers rather than advertised ranges, so its medians normally sit below job-board figures.
Where the work is
- Work mode: 1 remote, 0 hybrid, 18 on-site or unstated.
- Seniority mix: senior (9), mid (8), director (1), executive (1)
- Employers hiring more than one: Chime Financial, Inc (3), Robinhood (3), Adyen (3), Northern Trust (2), Air National Guard Units (2)
Skills these postings ask for
- policy and procedure writing
- control testing and evidence collection
- regulatory change management
- SOX and SOC 2 readiness
- issue management and remediation tracking
How to get a compliance job: the full career guide for this field, covering entry routes, transferable backgrounds, certifications and salary by level.
Certifications that come up most
None of these are universally required, but they appear often enough in Chicago GRC postings to be worth knowing: CCEP, CRCM, CAMS, CIPP/US, AIGP. The certification academy covers what each one actually tests and who it is for.
Hiring for Chicago GRC?
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