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It's getting to be almost boring, reporting on heavy demand and rising salaries in California. Unless, I suppose, you live there.

At large companies, starting salary ranges for chief compliance executives will increase 14.4 percent in 2007, topping out at more than $181,000, according to Robert Half International's annual salary guide. At the low end of the scale, salaries should start at $132,500. Mid-sized companies - those with revenues between $25 million and $250 million - will pay about 9.3 percent more than they did last year. For internal and external auditors, financial analysts and staff accountants, starting salary increases will run more than 5 percent.

The gains reflect a particularly strong market, says Brett Good, Robert Half's district president for California and Arizona. "It’s safe to say that all the numbers will be the same or slightly higher than the national averages," Good says, adding that some companies may pay as much as 20 to 25 percent more than they would have considered a year ago.

This is all from James Rubin's report on JobsintheMoney.

I don't mean to be contrary, but I keep thinking it can't be that good for everybody out there. If you have war stories, one way or another, send them my way - post a comment.

California Compliance Salaries Reflect Demand [JITM]