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State comparison · 2025

Fundraisers salary: Illinois vs New York

Occupation

Fundraisers in New York earn a median of $80,540. In Illinois, $66,440. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11% — not 17.5%.

Nominal pay gap
-17.5%
Illinois vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-11%
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%
See full breakdown for Illinois

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%
See full breakdown for New York

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.