Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners Salary

Median Salary
$61,160
per year
Hourly Rate
$29.41
per hour
Employment
142,860
jobs in the U.S.

Salary Distribution

10th percentile
$36,830
25th percentile
$46,970
Median
$61,160
75th percentile
$78,790
90th percentile
$101,700

💰 Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners Salary by State

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$36K
$77K■ No data
StateMedianvs. National
District of Columbia$76,970+25.9%
Massachusetts$75,740+23.8%
New York$74,730+22.2%
Hawaii$74,460+21.7%
Vermont$74,310+21.5%
New Jersey$72,780+19.0%
California$71,120+16.3%
Connecticut$70,010+14.5%
Washington$65,530+7.1%
Maryland$63,280+3.5%
New Hampshire$63,250+3.4%
Colorado$62,050+1.5%
Arizona$61,330+0.3%
Louisiana$61,150-0.0%
Oregon$61,120-0.1%
Virginia$60,930-0.4%
Florida$60,270-1.5%
Rhode Island$59,910-2.0%
Illinois$59,840-2.2%
Pennsylvania$58,170-4.9%
Maine$57,900-5.3%
Minnesota$57,710-5.6%
Nevada$57,610-5.8%
Texas$57,470-6.0%
Missouri$56,900-7.0%
Wyoming$55,550-9.2%
Alaska$54,990-10.1%
North Carolina$54,990-10.1%
Kansas$54,840-10.3%
Utah$54,150-11.5%
Wisconsin$53,940-11.8%
Arkansas$53,040-13.3%
Michigan$52,780-13.7%
Nebraska$52,630-13.9%
Alabama$52,180-14.7%
Tennessee$52,000-15.0%
South Carolina$51,830-15.3%
Iowa$51,750-15.4%
North Dakota$51,700-15.5%
New Mexico$50,820-16.9%
Indiana$50,090-18.1%
Ohio$49,900-18.4%
Kentucky$49,280-19.4%
Georgia$49,250-19.5%
Delaware$49,020-19.8%
Montana$49,000-19.9%
Oklahoma$48,990-19.9%
South Dakota$47,050-23.1%
Mississippi$44,680-26.9%
West Virginia$35,760-41.5%

🏙️ Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners Salary by Metro Area

Metro AreaMedianvs. National
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$90,560+48.1%
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$84,640+38.4%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$82,120+34.3%
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$78,610+28.5%
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$78,010+27.6%
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$77,010+25.9%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$75,450+23.4%
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$73,890+20.8%
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$71,720+17.3%
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$71,100+16.3%
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$70,710+15.6%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$69,890+14.3%
Napa, CA$68,940+12.7%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$68,850+12.6%
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$68,710+12.3%
New Haven, CT$68,070+11.3%
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$67,550+10.4%
Merced, CA$67,350+10.1%
Boulder, CO$67,200+9.9%
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$66,060+8.0%
Salinas, CA$65,460+7.0%
Sheboygan, WI$65,290+6.8%
Naples-Marco Island, FL$64,940+6.2%
Worcester, MA$64,910+6.1%
Glens Falls, NY$64,880+6.1%
Bellingham, WA$64,630+5.7%
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$64,480+5.4%
Modesto, CA$64,470+5.4%
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$64,420+5.3%
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$64,290+5.1%
Urban Honolulu, HI$64,210+5.0%
Ithaca, NY$64,150+4.9%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$63,850+4.4%
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$63,760+4.3%
Greenville, NC$63,710+4.2%
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$63,710+4.2%
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$63,490+3.8%
Corvallis, OR$63,170+3.3%
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$63,030+3.1%
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$62,960+2.9%
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$62,870+2.8%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$62,720+2.6%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$62,640+2.4%
Greeley, CO$62,620+2.4%
Rochester, NY$62,580+2.3%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$62,530+2.2%
Barnstable Town, MA$62,470+2.1%
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$62,320+1.9%
Charlottesville, VA$62,280+1.8%
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$62,260+1.8%
Springfield, MA$62,180+1.7%
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$62,140+1.6%
Bend, OR$62,120+1.6%
Binghamton, NY$62,030+1.4%
Santa Fe, NM$62,030+1.4%
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$61,770+1.0%
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$61,590+0.7%
Virgin Islands$61,580+0.7%
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$61,380+0.4%
Manchester-Nashua, NH$61,360+0.3%
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$61,270+0.2%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$61,260+0.2%
State College, PA$61,250+0.1%
Fresno, CA$61,190+0.0%
Columbus, OH$61,050-0.2%
Reno, NV$60,670-0.8%
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$60,410-1.2%
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$60,350-1.3%
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$60,260-1.5%
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$60,130-1.7%
Vallejo, CA$60,100-1.7%
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$60,050-1.8%
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$59,990-1.9%
Kingston, NY$59,990-1.9%
Utica-Rome, NY$59,990-1.9%
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$59,910-2.0%
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$59,850-2.1%
Yakima, WA$59,800-2.2%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$59,590-2.6%
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$59,420-2.8%
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$59,340-3.0%
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$59,270-3.1%
Medford, OR$59,260-3.1%
Chico, CA$59,190-3.2%
Pittsfield, MA$59,180-3.2%
Portland-South Portland, ME$58,950-3.6%
Eugene-Springfield, OR$58,860-3.8%
Pueblo, CO$58,850-3.8%
Huntsville, AL$58,840-3.8%
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$58,730-4.0%
Jacksonville, FL$58,730-4.0%
Rochester, MN$58,730-4.0%
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$58,720-4.0%
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$58,660-4.1%
Visalia, CA$58,520-4.3%
Colorado Springs, CO$58,370-4.6%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$58,290-4.7%
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$58,220-4.8%
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$58,220-4.8%
Auburn-Opelika, AL$58,070-5.1%
Winston-Salem, NC$57,930-5.3%
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$57,910-5.3%
St. Louis, MO-IL$57,810-5.5%
Kansas City, MO-KS$57,620-5.8%
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$57,600-5.8%
Tallahassee, FL$57,560-5.9%
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$57,520-6.0%
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$57,420-6.1%
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$57,390-6.2%
St. Cloud, MN$57,240-6.4%
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$57,190-6.5%
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$57,190-6.5%
Mankato, MN$57,130-6.6%
Punta Gorda, FL$56,920-6.9%
Burlington, NC$56,820-7.1%
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$56,770-7.2%
Syracuse, NY$56,700-7.3%
Madison, WI$56,520-7.6%
Midland, TX$56,440-7.7%
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$56,090-8.3%
Port St. Lucie, FL$56,050-8.4%
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$55,970-8.5%
Anchorage, AK$55,920-8.6%
Logan, UT-ID$55,730-8.9%
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$55,550-9.2%
Lancaster, PA$55,550-9.2%
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$55,510-9.2%
Bismarck, ND$55,500-9.3%
Baton Rouge, LA$55,150-9.8%
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$55,080-9.9%
Duluth, MN-WI$55,010-10.1%
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$54,930-10.2%
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$54,900-10.2%
Raleigh-Cary, NC$54,760-10.5%
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$54,630-10.7%
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$54,530-10.8%
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$54,500-10.9%
Montgomery, AL$54,250-11.3%
Dubuque, IA$54,150-11.5%
Reading, PA$54,050-11.6%
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$53,990-11.7%
St. George, UT$53,840-12.0%
Birmingham, AL$53,830-12.0%
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$53,820-12.0%
Lincoln, NE$53,760-12.1%
Omaha, NE-IA$53,760-12.1%
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$53,710-12.2%
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$53,660-12.3%
Salem, OR$53,580-12.4%
Manhattan, KS$53,390-12.7%
Traverse City, MI$53,380-12.7%
Grand Junction, CO$53,310-12.8%
Longview, TX$53,300-12.9%
Ann Arbor, MI$53,200-13.0%
Lawrence, KS$53,120-13.1%
Green Bay, WI$53,040-13.3%
Gainesville, FL$52,990-13.4%
Richmond, VA$52,920-13.5%
Pittsburgh, PA$52,860-13.6%
Bozeman, MT$52,850-13.6%
York-Hanover, PA$52,820-13.6%
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$52,780-13.7%
Peoria, IL$52,770-13.7%
Akron, OH$52,640-13.9%
Topeka, KS$52,580-14.0%
Toledo, OH$52,500-14.2%
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$52,460-14.2%
Ocala, FL$52,430-14.3%
Flagstaff, AZ$52,330-14.4%
Walla Walla, WA$52,290-14.5%
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$52,240-14.6%
Ogden, UT$52,230-14.6%
Chattanooga, TN-GA$52,080-14.8%
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$52,000-15.0%
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$51,890-15.2%
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$51,820-15.3%
Tulsa, OK$51,820-15.3%
Cedar Rapids, IA$51,660-15.5%
Missoula, MT$51,660-15.5%
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$51,570-15.7%
Flint, MI$51,540-15.7%
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$51,480-15.8%
Roanoke, VA$51,450-15.9%
Springfield, MO$51,250-16.2%
Knoxville, TN$51,200-16.3%
Fayetteville, NC$51,170-16.3%
Albuquerque, NM$51,120-16.4%
Harrisonburg, VA$50,970-16.7%
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$50,930-16.7%
Tucson, AZ$50,690-17.1%
Bloomington, IL$50,610-17.2%
Kenosha, WI$50,540-17.4%
Abilene, TX$50,510-17.4%
Champaign-Urbana, IL$50,440-17.5%
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$50,290-17.8%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$50,140-18.0%
Jackson, MS$50,110-18.1%
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$50,100-18.1%
Cleveland, OH$50,080-18.1%
Eau Claire, WI$50,070-18.1%
Wilmington, NC$50,060-18.1%
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$50,020-18.2%
Greensboro-High Point, NC$49,990-18.3%
Spartanburg, SC$49,990-18.3%
Corpus Christi, TX$49,980-18.3%
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$49,970-18.3%
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$49,910-18.4%
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$49,780-18.6%
Grand Forks, ND-MN$49,730-18.7%
Janesville-Beloit, WI$49,720-18.7%
College Station-Bryan, TX$49,670-18.8%
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$49,660-18.8%
Asheville, NC$49,590-18.9%
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$49,590-18.9%
Bowling Green, KY$49,500-19.1%
Dalton, GA$49,490-19.1%
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$49,470-19.1%
Battle Creek, MI$49,410-19.2%
Amarillo, TX$49,370-19.3%
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$49,340-19.3%
Lexington-Fayette, KY$49,280-19.4%
Springfield, IL$49,260-19.5%
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$49,180-19.6%
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$49,140-19.7%
Macon-Bibb County, GA$49,130-19.7%
Killeen-Temple, TX$49,090-19.7%
Canton-Massillon, OH$48,880-20.1%
Tuscaloosa, AL$48,870-20.1%
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$48,810-20.2%
Savannah, GA$48,750-20.3%
Saginaw, MI$48,640-20.5%
Fort Wayne, IN$48,440-20.8%
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$48,360-20.9%
Jefferson City, MO$48,330-21.0%
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$48,270-21.1%
Morgantown, WV$48,260-21.1%
Lubbock, TX$48,240-21.1%
Tyler, TX$48,160-21.3%
Coeur d'Alene, ID$48,110-21.3%
Iowa City, IA$48,030-21.5%
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$48,020-21.5%
Billings, MT$48,010-21.5%
Ames, IA$47,980-21.6%
Oklahoma City, OK$47,890-21.7%
Stockton-Lodi, CA$47,870-21.7%
Columbia, SC$47,830-21.8%
Appleton, WI$47,770-21.9%
Wichita, KS$47,770-21.9%
Fort Smith, AR-OK$47,750-21.9%
Mobile, AL$47,750-21.9%
Johnson City, TN$47,440-22.4%
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$47,380-22.5%
Fargo, ND-MN$47,370-22.5%
Niles, MI$47,360-22.6%
San Angelo, TX$47,110-23.0%
Minot, ND$47,080-23.0%
Youngstown-Warren, OH$47,020-23.1%
Lafayette, LA$46,850-23.4%
Jacksonville, NC$46,800-23.5%
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$46,680-23.7%
Evansville, IN$46,500-24.0%
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$46,460-24.0%
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$46,410-24.1%
Pocatello, ID$46,410-24.1%
Rapid City, SD$46,360-24.2%
Terre Haute, IN$46,340-24.2%
Erie, PA$46,240-24.4%
Jackson, TN$46,200-24.5%
Lynchburg, VA$45,890-25.0%
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$45,810-25.1%
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$45,650-25.4%
Wausau, WI$45,570-25.5%
Winchester, VA-WV$44,960-26.5%
Columbus, GA-AL$44,930-26.5%
Salisbury, MD$44,830-26.7%
Jackson, MI$44,700-26.9%
Rockford, IL$44,690-26.9%
Athens-Clarke County, GA$44,220-27.7%
Bloomington, IN$44,200-27.7%
El Paso, TX$44,140-27.8%
Laredo, TX$44,090-27.9%
Florence, SC$42,940-29.8%
Clarksville, TN-KY$42,850-29.9%
Gainesville, GA$42,700-30.2%
Mansfield, OH$38,440-37.1%
Sandusky, OH$37,230-39.1%
Charleston, WV$36,460-40.4%
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$36,400-40.5%
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$35,730-41.6%
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$34,220-44.0%
Wheeling, WV-OH$32,610-46.7%
Waco, TX$32,270-47.2%
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$29,770-51.3%
Puerto Rico$28,400-53.6%
Ponce, PR$28,370-53.6%
Mayaguez, PR$25,830-57.8%
Aguadilla, PR$23,250-62.0%
Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Data reflects the most recent annual survey.