Fundraising Managers in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$94,602
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$36,148
27.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$90,994
Maryland costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Maryland — 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
$130,750
Kept after tax
$94,602
Worth in national money
$90,994
State rank
11
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Maryland pays fundraising managers a middle wage of $130,750, ranking 11 of 48 states and sitting about 4.21% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 489 occupations Maryland reports, fundraising managers comes in at 39 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Maryland is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $130,750 the take-home is $94,602; in national-average money that behaves like $90,994. The average comes to $143,780, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Maryland's median for fundraising managers is $130,750, about 4.21% above the national figure and 11 of 48 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Fundraising managers ranks 39 of 489 occupations by median in Maryland, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Take-home for fundraising managers in Maryland, on $130,750, is $94,602; deflated by the state's price level, $90,994. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $143,780 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 | $82,570 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $130,750 |
| Top tenth earn over | $220,590 |
| This salary | $130,750 |
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 Maryland | $94,602 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $100,634 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$12,565 |
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 | $121,926 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$17,611 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $130,750 as a midpoint for Maryland, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $82,570 and the ninetieth is $220,590 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Maryland the take-home figure of $94,602, from $130,750, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 39 of 489 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $90,994 uses one figure for the whole of Maryland. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 489 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 39.
- The Maryland median of $130,750 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $82,570 to $220,590. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Maryland is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $94,602 from $130,750. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 39 of 489 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $90,994, worked from $130,750, 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 Maryland address, on work sitting at 39 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $143,780, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $82,570, the highest tenth $220,590, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Maryland run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $90,994 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Maryland adds its own income tax on top — which is why $94,602 of this wage survives to your account.
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 Maryland is $143,780. 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 ($82,570) and the ninetieth ($220,590) 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.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Maryland's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $90,994 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $94,602 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Maryland 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.