State comparison · 2025
Fundraisers salary: California vs District of Columbia
Fundraisers in District of Columbia earn a median of $80,840. In California, $79,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.1% — not 1.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-1.4%
California vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-2.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Fundraisers
- Median
- $79,710
- p25
- $62,360
- p75
- $101,930
- p10
- $50,340
- p90
- $131,720
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
District of Columbia
Fundraisers
- Median
- $80,840
- p25
- $65,080
- p75
- $102,690
- p10
- $59,150
- p90
- $141,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.