Fundraising Managers in Salt Lake City-Murray

BLS metro-level wage data places Fundraising Managers pay in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT at a median of $81,760 per year ($39.31/hr/hour), drawn from the OEWS May 2025 release for this Metropolitan Statistical Area. Compared to the national median of $125,470, Salt Lake City-Murray pays 35% below, which typically tracks with a lower local cost of living or smaller specialized-employer cluster. Approximately 80 fundraising managerss are employed across the Salt Lake City-Murray MSA in SOC 11-2033.

The Salt Lake City-Murray pay distribution spans from $62,090 at the 10th percentile to $213,210 at the 90th, a 3.4× spread that reflects experience tenure, specialization, employer size, and the difference between public-sector, nonprofit, and private-sector compensation inside the metro. The 25th percentile sits at $62,140 and the 75th at $108,000, so half of Salt Lake City-Murray-based fundraising managerss earn within that middle band.

Metro figures capture where you actually work, not just where you live, which matters for commuters. BLS draws metro boundaries from the OMB MSA definitions, so Salt Lake City-Murray, UT covers the central city plus outlying counties tied to the metro economically. Remember that OEWS wages reflect base pay only: employer-provided health insurance, retirement matches, stock options, signing bonuses, overtime, and tips are excluded and can add 20-40% to real total compensation. Before using this metro median as a negotiation anchor, triangulate against the same occupation's national profile (linked below), its state-wide UT data, and peer-metro comparisons, a median is a starting point, not a ceiling.