State comparison · 2025
Fundraisers salary: Illinois vs Maryland
Fundraisers in Maryland earn a median of $79,780. In Illinois, $66,440. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.6% — not 16.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.7%
Illinois vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-12.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Fundraisers
- Median
- $66,440
- p25
- $52,850
- p75
- $81,750
- p10
- $43,580
- p90
- $107,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
Maryland
Fundraisers
- Median
- $79,780
- p25
- $66,710
- p75
- $95,580
- p10
- $55,040
- p90
- $107,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
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.