Equal Opportunity Representative and Officer Salary (2026), outlook and how to become one

Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers earn a median of $80,730 a year (BLS OEWS, May 2025). That is 58% above the $50,980 median for all US occupations. That works out at $38.81/hr. The middle half earn between $61,280 and $109,010. The top 10% earn $133,720 or more.

The median hourly wage for equal opportunity representatives and officers is $38.81 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). On a full-year basis the $80,730 annual median works out to about $6,730 a month before tax.

BLS does not publish a starting salary. The nearest measure is the low end of the pay range: the lowest-paid 10% of equal opportunity representatives and officers earn less than $48,220 a year and the bottom quarter less than $61,280 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). New workers often start near that end, but where a particular job starts depends on the employer, the state and the credentials you bring, so read these as the bottom of the range rather than a guaranteed entry wage.

Some do. $100,000 sits between the median ($80,730) and the 75th percentile ($109,010), so roughly a quarter to a half of equal opportunity representatives and officers earn more than that (BLS OEWS, May 2025). In 3 states the median itself is above $100,000: District of Columbia ($111,030), Massachusetts ($102,060), New Jersey ($100,000).

The highest state medians for Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers are District of Columbia ($111,030), Massachusetts ($102,060), New Jersey ($100,000) (BLS OEWS, May 2025).

BLS does not split equal opportunity representatives and officers' pay by specialty or employer, but its range shows how far the top end runs: the highest-paid 10% earn more than $133,720, against a median of $80,730 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). Location moves pay the most in the published data: the best-paying states are District of Columbia ($111,030), Massachusetts ($102,060), New Jersey ($100,000). BLS also counts 2 specialty careers inside this occupation (ADA coordinator, title IX coordinator), which share its federal pay figures.

Yes. BLS reports a bachelor's degree as the typical entry-level education for Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers, and O*NET rates the preparation needed as considerable preparation. BLS also lists moderate-term on-the-job training as typical on-the-job training. In O*NET's survey of people already doing the job, 65.8% hold bachelor's degree.

BLS does not publish a fixed length; it depends on the route. What it does publish: the typical way in for equal opportunity representatives and officers is a bachelor's degree. Once hired, BLS lists moderate-term on-the-job training as typical. O*NET classes the work as needing considerable preparation.

It is stable rather than fast-growing: employment is projected to change 3.8% over 2025–2035, about the same as the 3.5% projected across all occupations (BLS EP, 2025–2035). BLS still projects about 32,700 openings a year, mostly from workers retiring or moving to other work.

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Yes, for most. In O*NET's survey of people in the job, 29% of equal opportunity representatives and officers usually work more than 40 hours a week, 63% work exactly 40 and 8% work fewer. 79% say their schedule is regular and 21% irregular. Source: O*NET 31.0 Database, Work Context.

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Women make up 52.7% of equal opportunity representatives and officers, against 47.1% of all employed people: more women than in the workforce as a whole. 29.2% are 55 or older (23.2% across all jobs), so a larger-than-usual share of the workforce reaches retirement age over the next decade. Those exits are counted in the BLS openings figure. The median worker is 47.3 years old (all workers: 42.1). Source: BLS Current Population Survey, 2025 annual averages.