State comparison · 2025
Fundraisers salary: California vs New York
Fundraisers in New York earn a median of $80,540. In California, $79,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.5% — not 1%.
Nominal pay gap
-1%
California vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-3.5%
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%
New York
Fundraisers
- Median
- $80,540
- p25
- $64,720
- p75
- $101,250
- p10
- $53,670
- p90
- $132,510
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -62%
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.