State comparison · 2025
Fundraisers salary: Maryland vs Tennessee
Fundraisers in Maryland earn a median of $79,780. In Tennessee, $61,370. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.8% — not 30%.
Nominal pay gap
+30%
Maryland vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+13.8%
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
Tennessee
Fundraisers
- Median
- $61,370
- p25
- $50,440
- p75
- $77,680
- p10
- $40,500
- p90
- $96,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.