Fundraising Managers in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$63,740
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$18,880
22.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$73,020
Mississippi costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Mississippi — 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
$82,620
Kept after tax
$63,740
Worth in national money
$73,020
State rank
46
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for fundraising managers is on the low side in Mississippi. The middle earner gets $82,620. That is 46 of 48 states, and about 34.15% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 486 occupations Mississippi reports, fundraising managers comes in at 71 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $82,620 you keep $63,740 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $73,020 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $99,510, since top earners drag the number up.
- For fundraising managers, Mississippi sits in the lower band at $82,620, ranking 46 of 48 and trailing the national median by about 34.15%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Fundraising managers ranks 71 of 486 occupations by median in Mississippi, 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.
- Retained pay in Mississippi is $63,740 after the full tax stack, from $82,620. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $73,020 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $99,510 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Fundraising Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $64,390 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $82,620 |
| Top tenth earn over | $144,860 |
| This salary | $82,620 |
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 Mississippi | $63,740 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $66,953 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,120 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
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 | $78,053 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,691 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 87 |
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 Mississippi earn under $82,620 and half over. The published range runs $64,390 at the tenth percentile to $144,860 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $63,740 take-home in Mississippi comes from $82,620. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 71 of 486.
- One number stands for prices across all of Mississippi, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $73,020, the adjusted value of that $82,620 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 71 of 486 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for fundraising managers in Mississippi, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $64,390 to $144,860; 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.
- Retained pay of $63,740, from $82,620, assumes a single Mississippi filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 71 of 486 locally, and the state ranks 46 of 48 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Mississippi, so $73,020 — the adjusted value of that $82,620 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 71 of 486 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $99,510, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $64,390 at the bottom tenth to $144,860 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Mississippi sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $73,020 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Mississippi's own levy, $63,740 remains.
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 Mississippi is $99,510. 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 ($64,390) and the ninetieth ($144,860) 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?
Mississippi'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 $73,020 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 $63,740 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Mississippi 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.