City of Boston / Chief of Staff / Development Officer
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
1 employees hold this title in Chief of Staff. Median total compensation for the role is $192,068, above the department median of $161,570.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH area, the median wage for Fundraisers — about 4,620 people — is $80,340. Chief of Staff pays a median base salary of $192,068 for this role, 139% above that figure — above the 90th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Fundraisers across every employer in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Chief of Staff’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Fundraisers — about 111,040 people — is $72,550. Chief of Staff’s median base salary is 165% above that national figure, above the 90th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Chief of Staff is $192,068, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 3 jurisdictions. See Development Officer across all of City of Boston →
Median total compensation for comparable Development Officerroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
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Development Officer/Chief of Staff
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Anne Clark holds the role of Development Officer at Chief of Staff. In 2024, their total compensation was $192,068.