State comparison · 2025
Fundraisers salary: District of Columbia vs Kentucky
Fundraisers in District of Columbia earn a median of $80,840. In Kentucky, $68,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.8% — not 18.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.4%
District of Columbia vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
-2.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
Kentucky
Fundraisers
- Median
- $68,270
- p25
- $52,340
- p75
- $85,060
- p10
- $42,220
- p90
- $106,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.