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What is the Average Salary for an AML Role in 2025?

AML salaries vary considerably by industry, location and experience. According to our 2025 Salary Survey, a London-based MLRO working in Corporate and Investment Banking can expect to earn up to £300,000. Junior roles like a Financial Crime Analyst will typically see a salary of between £30,00 and £45,000.

AML Jobs FAQs

Is AML in demand?

After strong growth during the pandemic, demand for AML jobs and broader financial crime roles plateaued. Our 2025 Compliance and Financial Crime Salary Survey found that hiring for financial crime roles is picking up, with 85% of compliance departments likely to hire. Many departments reported they are understaffed, suggesting strong underlying demand for these roles.

Is AML a stressful job?

AML roles do face pressures, both from within business and externally from regulators. Our data shows that while remuneration remains the top reason for financial crime and AML professionals to seek a new role, work-life balance was the second-most common reason for exploring a career change.

What is the future of AML?

AML professionals are facing significant challenges as money laundering becomes more sophisticated and better organised. Developments in artificial intelligence do hold the promise of making money laundering easier to identify, while also giving money launderers additional tools to evade controls.

Trends in AML Jobs

Through our latest industry reports and broader expertise in the AML sector, there are a number of broad trends that we are seeing impact demand for AML jobs:

• AML continues to be a major area of focus for regulators and governments around the world concerned with the flow of illicit funds, as criminals launder the proceeds of crime, finance terrorism or evade sanctions. Money laundering is becoming increasingly complex, and is estimated to cost the world economy between 2-5% of GDP, according to the UN Office of Drugs and Crime.
• In the UK, the FCA has consistently shown that it prefers SMF 16 and SMF 17 vacancies be filled with those who have previous experience in comparable roles. This is having an impact on the potential talent pool for senior MLRO roles.
• Within AML roles, we’re seeing working patterns evolving rapidly. Many firms are increasingly demanding that employees return to the office, with our research finding that US-headquartered firms in particular are increasing their requirements for their AML staff to be increasingly present in the office.

AML Jobs Resources

By specialising in financial crime and AML roles, we have deep connections within the industry. You can see all of our coverage of AML and financial crime across our:

• AML News & Insights
• Compliance and Financial Crime Market Reports
• Compliance and Financial Crime Salary Guides
• Industry Voices and Q&As