State comparison · 2025
Fundraisers salary: Maryland vs South Dakota
Fundraisers in Maryland earn a median of $79,780. In South Dakota, $66,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.8% — not 19.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+19.4%
Maryland vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+0.8%
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
South Dakota
Fundraisers
- Median
- $66,800
- p25
- $59,010
- p75
- $85,510
- p10
- $53,940
- p90
- $119,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.