State comparison · 2025
Fundraisers salary: Maryland vs North Carolina
Fundraisers in Maryland earn a median of $79,780. In North Carolina, $66,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.4% — not 20.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+20.7%
Maryland vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+8.4%
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
North Carolina
Fundraisers
- Median
- $66,100
- p25
- $53,890
- p75
- $83,200
- p10
- $45,280
- p90
- $104,600
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
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.