Fundraising Managers in Illinois
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$78,488
after federal, FICA and Illinois tax
Tax takes
$27,802
26.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$79,398
Illinois costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Illinois — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$106,290
Kept after tax
$78,488
Worth in national money
$79,398
State rank
32
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Illinois pays fundraising managers around $106,290 at the midpoint, 32 of 48 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Within Illinois this is well-paid work. Of 494 occupations with published figures in the state, fundraising managers ranks 55 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- No great distortion either way. Illinois costs about what the country costs, so from $106,290, take-home of $78,488 is worth roughly $79,398 in national money. The average comes to $117,980, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For fundraising managers the Illinois median is $106,290, ranking 32 of 48 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Ranked against every occupation Illinois publishes a median for, fundraising managers sits 55 of 494 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Price parity in Illinois is near the national base, so for fundraising managers, whose median is $106,290, the adjusted figure of $79,398 differs little from $78,488 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $117,980 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Fundraising Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $67,700 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $106,290 |
| Top tenth earn over | $173,390 |
| This salary | $106,290 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Illinois | $78,488 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $83,605 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,638 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $99,017 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,169 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of fundraising managers in Illinois earn under $106,290 and half over. The published range runs $67,700 at the tenth percentile to $173,390 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Illinois's $78,488, worked from $106,290. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 55 of 494.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $79,398 uses one figure for the whole of Illinois. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 494 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 55.
- Figures are distribution medians for fundraising managers in Illinois, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $67,700 to $173,390; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The Illinois take-home of $78,488, on $106,290 for work ranking 55 of 494 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 55 of 494 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $79,398, worked from $106,290, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Illinois address, on work sitting at 55 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $117,980 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $67,700 and the top tenth $173,390 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Illinois sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $79,398 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Illinois then takes its own share, leaving $78,488.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Illinois is $117,980. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($67,700) and the ninetieth ($173,390) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Illinois's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $79,398 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $78,488 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Illinois income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.