$69K–$86K/yrOnsiteLead / Staff+ · Full-time
Development Director salary
From 72 US job postings that list pay, out of 118 open Development Director jobs in the US. These are the amounts employers advertised, not pay reported by employees.
- Median pay
- $91ka year
- Middle half
- $80k–$123k25th to 75th percentile
- Postings with pay
- 72of 118 open jobs · 2 paid by the hour
Pay range
$70k$149k
Top-paying companies
| Company | Median a year | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| Nature | $112k | 4 |
| American Heart Association | $83k | 9 |
Companies with at least 3 postings that list pay.
Open Development Director jobs with pay listed
Director of Development
HUSTON-TILLOTSON UNIVERSITY
Austin, TX, United StatesYesterday
$75K–$80K/yrOnsiteLead / Staff+
Associate Director of Development, Rutgers Democracy Lab
Rutgers University Foundation
New Brunswick, NJ, United States5d ago
$90K/yrHybridLead / Staff+ · Full-time
Director of Development
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA, United States2d ago
$130K–$155K/yrOnsiteLead / Staff+ · Full-time
Director of Development, South Carolina
Nature
North Charleston, SC, United States2d ago
$130K–$160K/yrOnsiteLead / Staff+ · Full-time
Director of Development - Lab of Ornithology
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY, United States1w ago
$143K–$175K/yrHybridLead / Staff+ · Full-time
How these numbers are made
- ApplyHour reads job postings straight from employers' own career sites (Workday, Greenhouse, Lever, iCIMS and 30 more), not job boards, and keeps the pay each posting states.
- Only open US postings for this job title count, with pay in US dollars of at least $10k a year. A range counts at its middle. Hourly pay is turned into a year at 2,080 hours (40 a week), daily pay at 260 days.
- These are advertised amounts, not what people are paid: bonuses, equity and tips aren't included. A company or place is listed once it has enough postings with pay.
- Updated November 11, 2026; the numbers move as jobs open and close.