State comparison · 2025
Fundraisers salary: Maryland vs Mississippi
Fundraisers in Maryland earn a median of $79,780. In Mississippi, $57,610. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.7% — not 38.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+38.5%
Maryland vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+14.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
Mississippi
Fundraisers
- Median
- $57,610
- p25
- $46,510
- p75
- $84,750
- p10
- $40,340
- p90
- $115,010
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.