State comparison · 2025
Fundraisers salary: New York vs Tennessee
Fundraisers in New York earn a median of $80,540. In Tennessee, $61,370. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.8% — not 31.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.2%
New York vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+11.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
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.