The highest-paid risk management position, at nearly a quarter of a million dollars, is chief risk officer/vice president-risk management, nearly five times what the lowest paid position of claims analyst receives, a survey has found.

CROs are averaging a salary of $170,683 and total compensation of $220,233; analysts average $51,852 with total compensation of $54,485, according to a risk management survey.

Risk managers in the Northeast were paid the highest, with an average salary base of $151,200, while the lowest-paid region was the Southeast, at $103,500, the survey found. Second highest were risk managers in the West, whose salaries averaged $130,300.

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