Fundraisers
SOC 13-1131 · 2024-2034
Organize activities to raise funds or otherwise solicit and gather monetary donations or other gifts for an organization. May design and produce promotional materials. May also raise awareness of the organization's work, goals, and financial needs.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
What California expects of this job
- Typical pay in California
- $81,047per year
- Projected openings
- 11,490
- Projected change
- +9.4%
- Usually needs
- Bachelor's degree
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Speaking
- Reading Comprehension
- Writing
- Active Listening
- Persuasion
- Negotiation
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $105,928 | 890 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $94,466 | 1,140 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $92,636 | 40 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $90,156 | 730 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $88,705 | 60 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $87,218 | 40 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $87,218 | 70 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $86,810 | 110 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $85,995 | 30 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $85,639 | 140 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $85,109 | 200 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $84,536 | 120 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $81,494 | 550 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $79,538 | 890 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $78,794 | 60 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $78,499 | 110 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $78,053 | 2,560 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $77,503 | 700 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $77,267 | 50 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $77,104 | 20 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $76,961 | 80 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $76,859 | 90 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $75,545 | 160 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $74,954 | 460 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $74,150 | 90 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $69,057 | 140 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $67,886 | 60 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $64,514 | 40 |
What the pay actually ranges across
- The lowest-paid tenth earn under
- $51,185
- A quarter earn under
- $63,406
- Half earn under
- $81,047
- Three quarters earn under
- $103,640
- The highest-paid tenth earn over
- $133,930
A median is one point. These are the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2026 figures for California, and they say how far apart the people doing this job actually are. Read them as the spread across everyone already in the work — not as a starting wage and not as a promise about where anyone lands.
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| Occupation | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fundraising Managers | $138,149 | 4,840 | +6.8% |
| Public Relations Specialists | $87,410 | 31,480 | +8.2% |
| Advertising and Promotions Managers | $170,036 | 3,210 | +2.6% |
| Social and Community Service Managers | $84,606 | 35,490 | +19.3% |
| Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners | $72,313 | 22,890 | +6.7% |
| Personal Financial Advisors | $132,516 | 28,210 | +9.4% |
Programs that train for this job — 3
Non-Profit Manager+Professional Grant Writing
Loyola Marymount University - LMU Extension · Los Angeles · $4,445
Fundraising and Development
UCSD Division of Extended Studies · La Jolla · $3,140
Professional Certificate in Grant Writing Online
SDSU Global Campus · San Diego · $990