Fundraisers salary

SOC 13-1131 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$72,550

per year, nationally

Middle half

$57,480–$92,180

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

111,040

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+4.3%

10,200 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$46,630$115,820

10th: $46,630
25th: $57,480
Median: $72,550
75th: $92,180
90th: $115,820

Getting in

Typical education to enter: Bachelor's degree
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: None

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where fundraisers earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	District of Columbia	$80,840	109.9	2,350	4.69×
2	New York	$80,540	107.9	11,600	1.68×
3	Maryland	$79,780	105.0	2,010	1.02×
4	California	$79,710	110.7	12,860	0.99×
5	Massachusetts	$79,060	105.8	6,160	2.37×
6	Washington	$79,000	107.0	3,870	1.53×
7	Connecticut	$77,730	103.6	1,350	1.12×
8	New Jersey	$77,170	108.8	1,950	0.64×
9	Minnesota	$76,910	98.6	3,190	1.51×
10	North Dakota	$76,040	89.0	340	1.09×
11	Rhode Island	$75,410	102.3	1,000	2.78×
12	Colorado	$74,440	103.1	2,470	1.20×
13	Virginia	$72,610	101.1	4,010	1.37×
14	Vermont	$72,530	98.0	510	2.35×
15	Louisiana	$72,030	88.2	330	0.24×
16	Georgia	$72,010	96.3	2,690	0.77×
17	Wyoming	$71,310	92.7	90	0.43×
18	Delaware	$71,250	99.8	320	0.91×
19	Nevada	$68,530	100.0	310	0.28×
20	Kentucky	$68,270	90.2	1,030	0.72×
21	Nebraska	$68,030	90.1	770	1.06×
22	South Dakota	$66,800	88.6	80	0.25×
23	Maine	$66,790	97.0	930	2.03×
24	Illinois	$66,440	100.0	4,470	1.03×
25	New Hampshire	$66,260	104.2	810	1.66×
26	Indiana	$66,250	93.3	2,080	0.91×
27	Michigan	$66,130	96.2	3,170	1.01×
28	North Carolina	$66,100	94.3	3,700	1.05×
29	Wisconsin	$65,880	94.1	2,130	1.01×
30	New Mexico	$65,440	92.2	330	0.52×
31	Kansas	$64,820	90.1	1,100	1.07×
32	Florida	$64,390	103.4	—	—
33	Arizona	$64,180	100.7	1,580	0.68×
34	Ohio	$64,080	92.8	3,460	0.87×
35	Oregon	$64,080	103.4	2,090	1.49×
36	Oklahoma	$63,950	87.8	950	0.78×
37	Iowa	$63,930	87.8	1,230	1.11×
38	Missouri	$63,860	90.8	1,670	0.80×
39	Hawaii	$63,750	110.0	440	0.98×
40	Pennsylvania	$63,730	97.6	6,180	1.43×
41	Alaska	$62,750	102.4	290	1.25×
42	South Carolina	$62,720	93.7	1,200	0.73×
43	Utah	$61,820	98.9	920	0.74×
44	Tennessee	$61,370	91.9	1,930	0.83×
45	Montana	$61,280	94.6	700	1.92×
46	Idaho	$61,150	95.5	380	0.62×
47	Texas	$60,320	97.1	4,020	0.40×
48	Alabama	$60,120	88.8	1,120	0.74×
49	Mississippi	$57,610	87.0	230	0.27×
50	West Virginia	$54,760	89.5	260	0.52×
51	Arkansas	$50,190	86.9	360	0.39×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where fundraisers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for fundraisers

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$106,760	110.4	1,060	1.31×
2	Merced, CA	$84,570	98.3	40	0.65×
3	Logan, UT-ID	$84,090	95.9	110	2.32×
4	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$83,830	103.2	170	1.02×
5	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$82,930	115.6	3,020	1.78×
6	Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	$82,340	100.2	320	6.92×
7	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$82,310	109.9	130	1.79×
8	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$82,180	112.6	9,520	1.40×
9	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$81,910	108.8	200	1.43×
10	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$81,020	104.5	1,190	1.23×
11	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$80,920	111.1	2,630	1.76×
12	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$80,610	108.9	4,450	1.99×
13	Fargo, ND-MN	$80,480	90.9	150	1.42×
14	New Haven, CT	$80,460	104.6	430	2.14×
15	Ames, IA	$80,430	88.8	80	2.06×
16	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$80,340	108.3	4,620	2.39×
17	Grand Forks, ND-MN	$80,250	86.7	90	2.34×
18	Boulder, CO	$80,230	105.2	250	1.78×
19	Salisbury, MD	$79,570	95.6	40	1.14×
20	Dover, DE	$79,400	97.5	30	0.64×
21	Baton Rouge, LA	$79,150	90.8	60	0.19×
22	Napa, CA	$78,980	112.6	50	0.87×
23	Barnstable Town, MA	$78,890	98.4	140	2.02×
24	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$78,850	105.8	1,320	1.15×
25	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$78,780	104.8	2,070	1.48×
26	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$78,720	107.8	160	1.06×
27	Pittsfield, MA	$78,640	95.1	150	3.63×
28	Charlottesville, VA	$78,610	99.1	270	3.28×
29	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$78,370	106.9	320	1.12×
30	Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	$78,280	97.6	420	1.71×
31	Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	$78,200	92.7	120	2.21×
32	Lexington Park, MD	$77,970	100.8	30	0.61×
33	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$77,730	108.6	60	0.74×
34	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$77,550	113.6	4,230	0.95×
35	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$76,860	106.7	620	0.81×
36	Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	$76,700	109.4	280	1.45×
37	Syracuse, NY	$76,530	95.7	370	1.75×
38	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$76,490	100.1	1,870	0.91×
39	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$76,300	111.9	1,060	0.96×
40	Bismarck, ND	$76,270	91.0	60	1.19×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where fundraisers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Similar occupations

Other jobs in the same field, with what each pays nationally.

Business Operations Specialists, All Other$83,050
Project Management Specialists$102,320
Human Resources Specialists$75,940
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists$78,760
Management Analysts$101,860
Buyers and Purchasing Agents$77,710
Training and Development Specialists$69,280
Compliance Officers$80,730