Fundraisers Salary — Chico, California

The average Fundraisers in Chico, California earns $80,520 a year.

$80,520 / year, mean
↑ 2.9% above national average 41th percentile in California

Chico sits roughly in the middle of the pack for this role within California — neither a standout nor a laggard. That's close to the national average for fundraisers — a fairly typical rate for this role. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within California

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
70
Estimate confidence
RSE 3.4%
Cost of living 101 #47 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2124 #140 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $401,581 #52 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $68,574 #115 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Chico ranks #47 for cost of living and #52 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

San Jose $103,150 Santa Maria $91,500 San Francisco $91,430 New York $90,420 Santa Rosa $88,080 Trenton $87,890 Seattle $86,520 San Diego $85,770 Merced $85,160 Modesto $84,080 Sacramento $83,900 Napa $83,310 Los Angeles $83,240 Santa Cruz $83,170 Binghamton $82,910 Albany $82,880 Blacksburg $82,480 Riverside $82,360 Charlottesville $81,970 San Luis Obispo $81,690 Kiryas Joel $81,400 Baltimore $81,230 Deltona $80,990 Chico $80,520 Lansing $80,070 Fort Myers $79,750 Pensacola $79,290 Bellingham $79,180 Lexington Park $78,830 Syracuse $78,470 Salisbury $78,410 Jacksonville $78,330 Bakersfield $78,170 Ithaca $77,980 Rochester $77,900 Dover $77,470 Naples $77,390 Lexington $77,240 Salinas $77,220 Mount Vernon $76,870 Philadelphia $76,310 Buffalo $76,260 Stockton $76,240 Tampa $75,880 Richmond $75,760 Sarasota $75,680 Ann Arbor $75,630 Harrisonburg $75,130 Fresno $74,890 Port St. Lucie $74,770 Portland $74,510 Utica $74,280 Wenatchee $74,270 Olympia $74,260 Kennewick $73,940 Bremerton $73,680 Chicago $73,520 Louisville $73,490 Kingston $73,170 Spokane $73,170 Indianapolis $73,070 Redding $72,790 Miami $72,550 Palm Bay $72,400 Watertown $71,880 Detroit $71,850 Virginia Beach $71,780 Orlando $71,120 Walla Walla $71,070 Kalamazoo $70,690 Reading $70,200 Yakima $70,180 Winchester $69,650 Glens Falls $69,530 Eugene $69,380 Peoria $69,180 Bloomington $68,510 Bend $68,470 Austin $68,460 Atlantic City $68,450 Tallahassee $68,120 Lynchburg $67,700 State College $67,550 Visalia $67,350 Corpus Christi $67,210 Pittsburgh $67,080 Vallejo $67,010 Champaign $66,940 Harrisburg $66,830 Grand Rapids $66,820 Flint $66,780 Roanoke $66,580 Medford $66,350 Houston $65,900 Jackson $65,880 Dallas $65,810 Traverse City $65,790 Allentown $65,750 Corvallis $65,540 Springfield $65,490 Salem $65,480 Rockford $65,200 Niles $64,900 Fort Wayne $64,780 Amarillo $64,600 Lakeland $64,490 South Bend $64,490 Terre Haute $64,490 Midland $64,440 Muskegon $64,380 Ocala $64,140 Staunton $63,520 Waco $63,470 York $63,420 Lancaster $63,380 Evansville $63,220 Scranton $63,010 Saginaw $62,670 Erie $62,510 Bowling Green $62,500 Elkhart $61,800 Oxnard $60,990 Lubbock $60,880 Abilene $60,100 Beaumont $59,840 Morgantown $59,730 San Antonio $59,620 Johnstown $58,660 Muncie $58,560 McAllen $58,280 Tyler $58,180 Gainesville $57,120 El Paso $56,970 College Station $56,260 Charleston $55,570 Huntington $54,670 Brownsville $51,980
CityMean salaryvs. Chico
Abilene, Texas$60,100-25.4%
Albany, New York$82,880+2.9%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$65,750-18.3%
Amarillo, Texas$64,600-19.8%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$75,630-6.1%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$68,450-15.0%
Austin, Texas$68,460-15.0%
Bakersfield, California$78,170-2.9%
Baltimore, Maryland$81,230+0.9%
Beaumont, Texas$59,840-25.7%
Bellingham, Washington$79,180-1.7%
Bend, Oregon$68,470-15.0%
Binghamton, New York$82,910+3.0%
Blacksburg, Virginia$82,480+2.4%
Bloomington, Illinois$68,510-14.9%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$62,500-22.4%
Bremerton, Washington$73,680-8.5%
Brownsville, Texas$51,980-35.4%
Buffalo, New York$76,260-5.3%
Fort Myers, Florida$79,750-1.0%
Champaign, Illinois$66,940-16.9%
Charleston, West Virginia$55,570-31.0%
Charlottesville, Virginia$81,970+1.8%
Chicago, Illinois$73,520-8.7%
College Station, Texas$56,260-30.1%
Corpus Christi, Texas$67,210-16.5%
Corvallis, Oregon$65,540-18.6%
Dallas, Texas$65,810-18.3%
Deltona, Florida$80,990+0.6%
Detroit, Michigan$71,850-10.8%
Dover, Delaware$77,470-3.8%
Elkhart, Indiana$61,800-23.2%
El Paso, Texas$56,970-29.2%
Erie, Pennsylvania$62,510-22.4%
Eugene, Oregon$69,380-13.8%
Evansville, Indiana$63,220-21.5%
Flint, Michigan$66,780-17.1%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$64,780-19.5%
Fresno, California$74,890-7.0%
Gainesville, Florida$57,120-29.1%
Glens Falls, New York$69,530-13.6%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$66,820-17.0%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$66,830-17.0%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$75,130-6.7%
Houston, Texas$65,900-18.2%
Huntington, West Virginia$54,670-32.1%
Indianapolis, Indiana$73,070-9.3%
Ithaca, New York$77,980-3.2%
Jackson, Michigan$65,880-18.2%
Jacksonville, Florida$78,330-2.7%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$58,660-27.1%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$70,690-12.2%
Kennewick, Washington$73,940-8.2%
Kingston, New York$73,170-9.1%
Kiryas Joel, New York$81,400+1.1%
Lakeland, Florida$64,490-19.9%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$63,380-21.3%
Lansing, Michigan$80,070-0.6%
Lexington, Kentucky$77,240-4.1%
Lexington Park, Maryland$78,830-2.1%
Los Angeles, California$83,240+3.4%
Louisville, Kentucky$73,490-8.7%
Lubbock, Texas$60,880-24.4%
Lynchburg, Virginia$67,700-15.9%
McAllen, Texas$58,280-27.6%
Medford, Oregon$66,350-17.6%
Merced, California$85,160+5.8%
Miami, Florida$72,550-9.9%
Midland, Michigan$64,440-20.0%
Modesto, California$84,080+4.4%
Morgantown, West Virginia$59,730-25.8%
Mount Vernon, Washington$76,870-4.5%
Muncie, Indiana$58,560-27.3%
Muskegon, Michigan$64,380-20.0%
Napa, California$83,310+3.5%
Naples, Florida$77,390-3.9%
New York, New York$90,420+12.3%
Niles, Michigan$64,900-19.4%
Sarasota, Florida$75,680-6.0%
Ocala, Florida$64,140-20.3%
Olympia, Washington$74,260-7.8%
Orlando, Florida$71,120-11.7%
Oxnard, California$60,990-24.3%
Palm Bay, Florida$72,400-10.1%
Pensacola, Florida$79,290-1.5%
Peoria, Illinois$69,180-14.1%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$76,310-5.2%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$67,080-16.7%
Portland, Oregon$74,510-7.5%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$74,770-7.1%
Reading, Pennsylvania$70,200-12.8%
Redding, California$72,790-9.6%
Richmond, Virginia$75,760-5.9%
Riverside, California$82,360+2.3%
Roanoke, Virginia$66,580-17.3%
Rochester, New York$77,900-3.3%
Rockford, Illinois$65,200-19.0%
Sacramento, California$83,900+4.2%
Saginaw, Michigan$62,670-22.2%
Salem, Oregon$65,480-18.7%
Salinas, California$77,220-4.1%
Salisbury, Maryland$78,410-2.6%
San Antonio, Texas$59,620-26.0%
San Diego, California$85,770+6.5%
San Francisco, California$91,430+13.5%
San Jose, California$103,150+28.1%
San Luis Obispo, California$81,690+1.5%
Santa Cruz, California$83,170+3.3%
Santa Maria, California$91,500+13.6%
Santa Rosa, California$88,080+9.4%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$63,010-21.7%
Seattle, Washington$86,520+7.5%
South Bend, Indiana$64,490-19.9%
Spokane, Washington$73,170-9.1%
Springfield, Illinois$65,490-18.7%
State College, Pennsylvania$67,550-16.1%
Staunton, Virginia$63,520-21.1%
Stockton, California$76,240-5.3%
Syracuse, New York$78,470-2.5%
Tallahassee, Florida$68,120-15.4%
Tampa, Florida$75,880-5.8%
Terre Haute, Indiana$64,490-19.9%
Traverse City, Michigan$65,790-18.3%
Trenton, New Jersey$87,890+9.2%
Tyler, Texas$58,180-27.7%
Utica, New York$74,280-7.7%
Vallejo, California$67,010-16.8%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$71,780-10.9%
Visalia, California$67,350-16.4%
Waco, Texas$63,470-21.2%
Walla Walla, Washington$71,070-11.7%
Watertown, New York$71,880-10.7%
Wenatchee, Washington$74,270-7.8%
Winchester, Virginia$69,650-13.5%
Yakima, Washington$70,180-12.8%
York, Pennsylvania$63,420-21.2%
Gross salary
80,520/yr
Estimated take-home
62,079/yr
Est. total withheld
22.9%

Single filer, federal + California state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

View cost of living in this state All Fundraisers salaries in California → All Fundraisers salaries →
Community reality check

Community reality check for Chico

These notes add local color around Chico, California: comfort ranges, budget constraints and location trade-offs reported in public discussions.

Relocation gap2.0× calculator gap
City comparison anecdotal

Discussion highlights that calculators may imply roughly 2x gross income for comparable standard of living, while some employers offer only about 10% location premiums. Tech total compensation can be an exception, so the page should distinguish salary from total compensation.

2.0×calculator multiplier10%HCOL premium cited$200KAtlanta TC example$450KBay Area TC example

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 13-1131 SOC code
Official area Chico, CA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 17020 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: ca_ftb_verificado 2025
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Where this is

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Highlighted: California

Population (metro area)
209,470