Highest-paying Cities for Fundraisers

The top 100 highest paying cities for fundraisers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of fundraisers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $82,130, Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, Virginia is the highest paying city for fundraisers. It is followed by Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan (average annual salary $81,900). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of fundraisers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Fundraisers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, Virginia	$82,130	$48,770	110
2	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$81,900	$44,260	220
3	Southwest Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$80,200	$36,270	30
4	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$78,050	$47,670	11,360
5	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$77,530	$52,210	470
6	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$75,370	$47,030	1,870
7	Ithaca, New York	$75,140	$53,820	300
8	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$74,870	$44,420	880
9	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$74,530	$49,960	1,530
10	Redding, California	$73,570	$39,180	50
11	California-Lexington Park, Maryland	$73,360	$47,960	50
12	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$72,130	$42,140	380
13	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$72,030	$44,040	170
14	Logan, Utah	$71,550	$38,420	30
15	Decatur, Illinois	$71,200	$38,770	40
16	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$70,900	$43,990	100
17	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	$70,850	$38,490	60
18	Jefferson City, Missouri	$70,680	$33,640	30
19	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$70,100	$42,190	3,710
20	Dover-Durham, New Hampshire	$69,990	$54,510	50
21	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$69,770	$42,850	3,570
22	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$69,610	$45,660	3,430
23	West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$69,160	$45,900	190
24	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	$68,940	$54,810	50
25	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$67,850	$44,210	150
26	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$67,360	$31,710	100
27	Honolulu, Hawaii	$67,210	$38,340	240
28	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$67,150	$45,560	500
29	Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$66,680	$41,600	70
30	East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$66,500	$31,380	50
31	Fresno, California	$66,330	$43,360	140
32	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$66,260	$37,520	190
33	Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana	$66,240	$41,300	130
34	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$66,240	$43,870	450
35	Salinas, California	$65,860	$44,350	100
36	Bismarck, North Dakota	$65,810	$45,260	50
37	Athens-Clarke County, Georgia	$65,720	$50,080	120
38	Fargo, North Dakota	$65,670	$45,460	110
39	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$65,400	$45,510	830
40	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$65,360	$45,350	1,760
41	Boulder, Colorado	$65,320	$37,780	200
42	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$65,020	$39,330	2,050
43	Utica-Rome, New York	$64,990	$40,010	90
44	Harrisonburg, Virginia	$64,800	$42,860	70
45	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$64,690	$32,500	1,750
46	Charlottesville, Virginia	$64,570	$47,560	240
47	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$64,560	$24,640	400
48	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$64,500	$43,010	40
49	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$64,470	$39,770	150
50	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$64,470	$34,580	760
51	Stockton, California	$64,360	$40,520	60
52	St Cloud, Minnesota	$64,160	$42,100	80
53	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$64,140	$43,910	2,680
54	Rochester, New York	$63,990	$39,440	580
55	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$63,980	$49,480	70
56	Las Cruces, New Mexico	$63,980	$36,250	30
57	Northwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$63,960	$41,700	80
58	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$63,940	$38,480	110
59	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$63,930	$39,640	1,040
60	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$63,840	$38,800	100
61	Dover, Delaware	$63,820	$33,650	30
62	Kingston, New York	$63,630	$37,080	50
63	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$63,600	$42,710	400
64	Western New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$63,590	$43,130	90
65	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$63,550	$44,180	200
66	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$63,480	$37,440	1,400
67	Yakima, Washington	$63,360	$40,910	50
68	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$63,330	$43,660	90
69	Springfield, Massachusetts	$63,300	$42,570	310
70	Worcester, Massachusetts	$63,300	$44,710	240
71	Syracuse, New York	$63,270	$39,070	290
72	Beckley, West Virginia	$63,240	$46,280	40
73	Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota	$63,170	$46,900	60
74	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$63,150	$23,000	40
75	South Bend-Mishawaka, Michigan	$63,110	$38,370	200
76	Bloomsburg-Berwick, Pennsylvania	$63,070	$37,600	30
77	La Crosse, Wisconsin	$63,030	$39,510	60
78	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$62,970	$34,830	1,120
79	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$62,910	$41,600	80
80	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$62,860	$39,760	110
81	State College, Pennsylvania	$62,840	$38,770	310
82	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$62,770	$41,270	150
83	New Haven, Connecticut	$62,720	$38,420	300
84	Napa, California	$62,700	$40,210	30
85	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$62,470	$41,200	80
86	Framingham, Massachusetts	$62,410	$38,460	170
87	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$62,410	$39,470	190
88	Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut	$62,330	$49,150	40
89	Waco, Texas	$62,320	$38,210	130
90	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$62,310	$36,380	40
91	Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$62,250	$41,600	40
92	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	$62,130	$36,220	90
93	Wheeling, West Virginia	$61,980	$50,760	30
94	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$61,900	$40,220	2,110
95	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$61,820	$33,600	430
96	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$61,770	$39,650	200
97	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$61,730	$40,570	300
98	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$61,700	$42,230	230
99	Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$61,640	$35,640	100
100	Grand Junction, Colorado	$61,620	$43,280	30

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for fundraisers.