Fundraisers job market in Texas

Industry trends, wages and hiring signals.

The headline

Texas industry employment tracked close to the U.S. benchmark

A data-driven view of the industries that employ Fundraisers in Texas.

Verified QCEW 2026 Q1January to March 2026 · State coverage 100% · BLS QCEWCitationEvidence record

Occupation pay

What Fundraisers earn in Texas

BLS OEWS occupation-level pay estimates for this role — separate from the industry wage trends used elsewhere in this report.

BLS OEWS source

Median annual wage

$60,320Texas
Middle 50% of published wages
$48,290 – $74,990
U.S. median annual wage
$72,550
Reference period
May 2025

The middle 50% is the 25th-to-75th percentile wage range, not an experience-level band. Suppressed or unavailable BLS values remain unpublished rather than being estimated.

Pay around Texas

How median pay varies by metro area

Published BLS OEWS metro estimates for Fundraisers, compared with the Texas median of $60,320.

Texas median$60,320
Waco, TX$64,120+6.3% vs. state
Middle 50%$51,220 – $64,870Published employment70
Amarillo, TX$63,060+4.5% vs. state
Middle 50%$46,520 – $80,960Published employment50
Corpus Christi, TX$62,850+4.2% vs. state
Middle 50%$46,220 – $83,940Published employment50
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$61,880+2.6% vs. state
Middle 50%$49,190 – $76,470Published employment1,190
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$61,720+2.3% vs. state
Middle 50%$50,300 – $79,100Published employment500
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$61,410+1.8% vs. state
Middle 50%$50,090 – $75,830Published employment900
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Lubbock, TX$60,250−0.1% vs. state
Middle 50%$43,100 – $75,300Published employment40
Abilene, TX$58,950−2.3% vs. state
Middle 50%$47,140 – $66,050Published employment50
Tyler, TX$57,610−4.5% vs. state
Middle 50%$47,780 – $65,130Published employment40
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$57,470−4.7% vs. state
Middle 50%$45,760 – $72,020Published employment380
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$51,780−14.2% vs. state
Middle 50%$37,910 – $70,790Published employment40
College Station-Bryan, TX$51,680−14.3% vs. state
Middle 50%$43,680 – $64,100Published employment60
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$50,110−16.9% vs. state
Middle 50%$47,580 – $64,680Published employment30
El Paso, TX$48,860−19.0% vs. state
Middle 50%$44,680 – $66,910Published employment70
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$47,710−20.9% vs. state
Middle 50%$42,640 – $62,730Published employment50

Areas are ordered by published median wage for readability, not as an overall job-market ranking. The vertical marker is the Texas median. Some BLS metropolitan areas cross state lines, so a metro estimate can cover workers in more than one state.

Verified snapshot

Market at a Glance

Key changes in Texas’s weighted industry mix.

+1.3%Industry employmentTexas industry employmentU.S. +0.9%vs. +0.9% U.S.
+2.3%Establishments in weighted industriesTexas establishments in weighted industriesU.S. +4.0%vs. +4.0% U.S.
+3.8%Avg. weekly industry wageTexas avg. weekly industry wageU.S. +2.9% · not occupation payvs. +2.9% U.S. · not occupation pay
+0.4 ppGap vs. U.S. industry employmentState minus U.S. industry employment change

Percentage-point gaps use the original published values and are rounded once; subtracting the rounded percentages can give a slightly different result.

Published coverage: 180,042 represented establishments, 83.11% of the published industry mix.

Local research

What the data shows for fundraisers in Texas

Findings describe the published observation periods shown below. Research published Oct 11, 2026.

This occupation is less concentrated in the state

OEWS May 2025 places Texas's share of employment in fundraisers at 0.40 times the corresponding national share. The published location quotient expresses that comparison. The state estimate is 4,020 jobs, 3.6% of the national employment estimate for this occupation. It represents 0.29 jobs per thousand jobs in the state's OEWS employment universe. Employment concentration does not establish future growth; it describes employment share, not current hiring.

OEWS May 2025 · BLS OEWS

OEWS employment estimates describe covered wage-and-salary jobs and exclude self-employed workers; location quotients do not measure vacancies or worker demand.

Private education and health services has the largest positive weighted contribution

Among the leading industry groups associated with this occupation in Texas, Private education and health services has the largest positive weighted contribution in January to March 2026. It accounts for 65.8% of the positive weighted contributions, and its own employment changed +2.0% year over year. The proxy uses each group's share of the occupation's national industry mix; the groups examined cover 98.1% of that mix. Weighted contributions do not count occupation jobs created.

January to March 2026 · BLS QCEW

Published median pay is below the U.S. median

Median annual pay in Texas stands 16.9% below the U.S. estimate for fundraisers. The underlying OEWS May 2025 figures are $60,320 for the state and $72,550 nationally. This is a nominal wage comparison; living costs and individual pay differences are outside its scope.

OEWS May 2025 · BLS OEWS

Pay differs widely between metro areas

Brownsville-Harlingen, TX and Waco, TX define the low and high ends of this published median-pay comparison for Texas. Their estimates are $47,710 and $64,120, respectively, in OEWS May 2025; the high end is 34.4% higher. The comparison includes 15 metro areas on the same wage basis and does not measure living costs or job availability.

OEWS May 2025 · BLS OEWS

Metro estimates may include areas in neighboring states. The comparison covers published metro estimates, not every part of the state.

Industry measures describe the industries associated with this occupation. They are not direct occupation employment, current openings or a state-level Job Market Health score. Findings describe published data and do not establish causes. Methodology

Employment trends

Year-over-year change in the weighted industries. The U.S. line is the latest-quarter benchmark because a comparable national quarterly history is not published here.

Latest published values
  • Texas · 2026 Q1+1.3%
  • U.S. · latest-quarter benchmark+0.9%

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Quarterly Texas industry employment changes and coverage
QuarterTexasCoverage
2024 Q2+2.6%100%
2024 Q3+2.5%100%
2024 Q4+2.6%100%
2025 Q1+2.3%100%
2025 Q2+1.8%100%
2025 Q3+1.4%100%
2025 Q4+1.4%100%
2026 Q1+1.3%100%

How to read this chart

State trend and national reference

The solid line follows Texas’s published year-over-year industry employment changes by quarter. The dashed U.S. line is a latest-quarter reference, not a second time series.

Published quarters
8
Earliest quarter
2024 Q2
Latest quarter
2026 Q1
U.S. benchmark
+0.9%

Quarters with no published value are omitted rather than interpolated.

Industry context

Where Fundraisers Work

The occupation mix determines which Texas industries are weighted into this view.

Industries weighted into the Texas Fundraisers context
Industry groupOccupation mixEmployment changeEstablishmentsAvg. weekly industry wage
Private education and health services41.7%+2.0%117,663$1,236
Other services41.4%+0.8%62,379$1,117
Professional and business services6.3%+0.9%192,656$2,210
Leisure and hospitality5.8%+0.8%78,436$576
Information1.6%-0.7%16,389$3,141
State and local1.3%+0.5%13,725$1,273

Which industries are growing?

4 weighted industries are growing

Only weighted industries with a published positive Texas employment change are listed.

  • Private education and health services+2.0%
  • Professional and business services+0.9%
  • Other services+0.8%
  • Leisure and hospitality+0.8%

The remaining weighted industries published a flat or negative change in January to March 2026.

Current Texas context

Current Texas Market Signals

Statewide indicators for all occupations in Texas. They are not Fundraisers demand and are not part of the Job Market Health score.

Statewide job postings

Indeed job postings · Texas

Recent hiring-demand context · separate from the health score

118.6Postings index · February 1, 2020 = 100Observation: Oct 23, 2026
+18.6%Versus the February 2020 baseline
+0.8%Change over about four weeksSep 25, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026

Total postings index (seasonally adjusted) by observation date · baseline 100

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View values: Indeed postings index
Indeed postings index
Observation dateIndex (Feb 2020 = 100)
Jul 24, 2026114.05
Jul 31, 2026113.97
Aug 7, 2026113.53
Aug 14, 2026114.15
Aug 21, 2026114.29
Aug 28, 2026114.83
Sep 4, 2026115.34
Sep 11, 2026116.90
Sep 18, 2026117.48
Sep 25, 2026117.58
Oct 2, 2026117.56
Oct 9, 2026118.31
Oct 16, 2026118.27
Oct 23, 2026118.56

This is statewide demand across all occupations, not demand for this specific job. Postings are not a count of vacancies or hires, and Indeed does not cover the entire labor market.

Source: Indeed Hiring Lab · CC BY 4.0. Seven-day average, seasonally adjusted; publisher refreshes weekly and may revise history. Retrieved Nov 1, 2026 · saved source copy. JobMarketHealth calculates the displayed changes and samples weekly observations for the chart.

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Statewide layoff notices

Statewide WARN notices

Texas statewide

26 notices in this source

Notice dates from Aug 5, 2026 to Nov 2, 2026 (UTC), a rolling 90-calendar-day period.

What this means: This is the number of WARN notices with notice dates in this period in Texas’s official statewide list. It is a statewide count only, and does not identify any employer.

Notices describe planned workforce changes, not confirmed job losses. Notices may be amended or withdrawn. This statewide context is not occupation-specific and does not affect the Job Market Health score. WARN covers qualifying large layoffs and closures under applicable law, not all layoffs, and thresholds vary by state.

Texas Workforce Commission About WARN data

Source last checked

Career context

Related roles from the occupation’s published O*NET profile.

Questions answered by this release

Fundraisers in Texas FAQs

Each answer is limited to what QCEW 2026 Q1 actually publishes for this state.

Is employment growing for Fundraisers in Texas?

The available QCEW measure is not direct occupation employment. Employment across the Texas industries weighted to Fundraisers changed +1.3% year over year in January to March 2026, compared with +0.9% nationwide.

Are wages for Fundraisers rising in Texas?

QCEW does not publish pay for Fundraisers in this view. Average weekly wages across the weighted industries changed +3.8% year over year; that must not be read as an occupation salary change.

How complete is this Texas industry view?

The three core state trends each meet the site’s coverage floor; the minimum published coverage is 100% of the occupation’s industry mix.

Does this page show current Fundraisers openings?

No. QCEW measures industry employment, establishments and wages. Any postings, news or WARN figures shown here are statewide context and are not occupation-specific openings.

Methodology & sourcesQCEW 2026 Q1 · coverage 100% · full evidence record

Methodology & Sources

Derived by JobMarketHealth from BLS QCEW + published occupation industry mix. This is occupation-weighted industry context, not direct occupation employment and not a count of current job openings.

Occupation
Fundraisers
SOC code
13-1131
State
Texas
QCEW release label
QCEW 2026 Q1
Data period
2026 Q1
State industry employment, year over year
+1.3%State data coverage 100%
U.S. benchmark, year over year
+0.9%
Difference from U.S. benchmark
+0.4 percentage pointsPercentage-point gaps use the original published values and are rounded once; subtracting the rounded percentages can give a slightly different result.
Establishments, year over year
+2.3%State data coverage 100%
Average weekly industry wage, year over year
+3.8%State data coverage 100%
Industry mix vintage
EP-2025-2035
BLS publication date
Aug 28, 2026
Source verification
Verified against the committed source snapshotVerified Sep 17, 2026
Canonical record URL
https://jobmarkethealth.com/occupations/fundraisers/texas#evidence-record
Derived by
JobMarketHealth from BLS QCEW + published occupation industry mix

Weighted industry conditions are not direct occupation employment, occupation wages, current openings or a state-level Job Market Health score. No causal explanation is inferred.

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