Business & Financial
Fundraisers
SOC 13-1131
Bring in donations and grants that keep a nonprofit or cause funded.
The job
Median pay
$73k
$57k to $92k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing fast
+5.5% projected
Openings a year
10k
BLS projection
Typical education
Bachelor's
Our model
AI displacement risk
High
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
5/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
71st pct
More exposed than 71% of occupations · modeled estimate · 42nd pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
49/100
Key skills
- Speaking
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Listening
- Writing
- Critical Thinking
- Active Learning
Pay and jobs by state
BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 12,860 | 0.7 | 1.0× | $80k |
| New York | 11,600 | 1.2 | 1.7× | $81k |
| Florida | 7,500 | 0.8 | 1.1× | $64k~ |
| Pennsylvania | 6,180 | 1.0 | 1.4× | $64k |
| Massachusetts | 6,160 | 1.7 | 2.4× | $79k |
| Illinois | 4,470 | 0.7 | 1.0× | $66k |
| Texas | 4,020 | 0.3 | 0.4× | $60k |
| Virginia | 4,010 | 1.0 | 1.4× | $73k |
| Washington | 3,870 | 1.1 | 1.5× | $79k |
| North Carolina | 3,700 | 0.7 | 1.1× | $66k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | 3,460 | 0.6 | 0.9× | $64k |
| Minnesota | 3,190 | 1.1 | 1.5× | $77k |
| Michigan | 3,170 | 0.7 | 1.0× | $66k |
| Georgia | 2,690 | 0.6 | 0.8× | $72k |
| Colorado | 2,470 | 0.9 | 1.2× | $74k |
| Washington DC | 2,350 | 3.3 | 4.7× | $81k |
| Wisconsin | 2,130 | 0.7 | 1.0× | $66k |
| Oregon | 2,090 | 1.1 | 1.5× | $64k |
| Indiana | 2,080 | 0.6 | 0.9× | $66k |
| Maryland | 2,010 | 0.7 | 1.0× | $80k |
| New Jersey | 1,950 | 0.5 | 0.6× | $77k |
| Tennessee | 1,930 | 0.6 | 0.8× | $61k |
| Missouri | 1,670 | 0.6 | 0.8× | $64k |
| Arizona | 1,580 | 0.5 | 0.7× | $64k |
| Connecticut | 1,350 | 0.8 | 1.1× | $78k |
| Iowa | 1,230 | 0.8 | 1.1× | $64k |
| South Carolina | 1,200 | 0.5 | 0.7× | $63k |
| Alabama | 1,120 | 0.5 | 0.7× | $60k |
| Kansas | 1,100 | 0.8 | 1.1× | $65k |
| Kentucky | 1,030 | 0.5 | 0.7× | $68k |
| Rhode Island | 1,000 | 2.0 | 2.8× | $75k |
| Oklahoma | 950 | 0.6 | 0.8× | $64k |
| Maine | 930 | 1.5 | 2.0× | $67k |
| Utah | 920 | 0.5 | 0.7× | $62k |
| New Hampshire | 810 | 1.2 | 1.7× | $66k |
| Nebraska | 770 | 0.8 | 1.1× | $68k |
| Montana | 700 | 1.4 | 1.9× | $61k |
| Vermont | 510 | 1.7 | 2.4× | $73k |
| Hawaii | 440 | 0.7 | 1.0× | $64k |
| Idaho | 380 | 0.4 | 0.6× | $61k |
| Arkansas | 360 | 0.3 | 0.4× | $50k |
| North Dakota | 340 | 0.8 | 1.1× | $76k |
| Louisiana | 330 | 0.2 | 0.2× | $72k |
| New Mexico | 330 | 0.4 | 0.5× | $65k |
| Delaware | 320 | 0.7 | 0.9× | $71k |
| Nevada | 310 | 0.2 | 0.3× | $69k |
| Alaska | 290 | 0.9 | 1.3× | $63k |
| West Virginia | 260 | 0.4 | 0.5× | $55k |
| Mississippi | 230 | 0.2 | 0.3× | $58k |
| Wyoming | 90 | 0.3 | 0.5× | $71k |
| South Dakota | 80 | 0.2 | 0.2× | $67k |
Top metro areas
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ9,520 jobs · $82k median
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH4,620 jobs · $80k median
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV4,450 jobs · $81k median
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA4,230 jobs · $78k median
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN3,540 jobs · $73k median
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA3,020 jobs · $83k median
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD2,960 jobs · $74k median
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA2,630 jobs · $81k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Fundraisers interactively →Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.