Fundraisers · SOC 13-1131

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Fundraiserss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for fundraisers. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (5 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 275 metro areas

Fundraisers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$106,760	1,060	0.9
2	Merced, CA	$84,570	40	0.5
3	Logan, UT-ID	$84,090	110	1.7
4	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$83,830	170	0.7
5	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$82,930	3,020	1.3
6	Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	$82,340	320	4.9
7	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$82,310	130	1.3
8	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$82,180	9,520	1.0
9	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$81,910	200	1.0
10	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$81,020	1,190	0.9
11	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$80,920	2,630	1.3
12	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$80,610	4,450	1.4
13	Fargo, ND-MN	$80,480	150	1.0
14	New Haven, CT	$80,460	430	1.5
15	Ames, IA	$80,430	80	1.5
16	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$80,340	4,620	1.7
17	Grand Forks, ND-MN	$80,250	90	1.7
18	Boulder, CO	$80,230	250	1.3
19	Salisbury, MD	$79,570	40	0.8
20	Dover, DE	$79,400	30	0.5
21	Baton Rouge, LA	$79,150	60	0.1
22	Napa, CA	$78,980	50	0.6
23	Barnstable Town, MA	$78,890	140	1.4
24	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$78,850	1,320	0.8
25	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$78,780	2,070	1.1

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Fundraisers overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.