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title: "Meeting, Convention, and Event Planner"
description: "Coordinate activities of staff, convention personnel, or clients to make arrangements for group meetings, events, or conventions."
canonical: "https://nuecareer.com/careers/meeting-convention-and-event-planner"
last-updated: "2026-08-23T15:56:39.581Z"
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# Meeting, Convention, and Event Planner

**Category:** Business and Financial Operations · **SOC code:** 13-1121 · **O\*NET-SOC code:** 13-1121.00

Coordinate activities of staff, convention personnel, or clients to make arrangements for group meetings, events, or conventions.

Also advertised as: Catering Director; Conference Planner; Conference Planning Manager; Conference Services Director; Conference Services Manager; Convention Services Director; Convention Services Manager (CSM); Event Coordinator.

## At a glance

- **Median annual wage:** $61,160 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)
- **Median hourly wage:** $29.41/hr
- **Wage range (10th–90th percentile):** $36,830 to $101,700, with the middle half between $46,970 and $78,790
- **Total US employment:** 142,860
- **Typical entry education:** Bachelor's
- **Preparation required:** Medium preparation — O\*NET rates this "Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed"
- **Projected growth:** +4.8% over 2024–2034 (BLS EP, 2024–2034)
- **Annual job openings:** 15,500 openings a year
- **AI-resilience score:** 51/100 — a NueCareer heuristic over O\*NET work activities and context, not a BLS or O\*NET figure

## Pay

National wage distribution, BLS OEWS, May 2025, across 142,860 US jobs.

| Percentile | Annual wage |
| --- | --- |
| 10th | $36,830 |
| 25th | $46,970 |
| 50th (median) | $61,160 |
| 75th | $78,790 |
| 90th | $101,700 |
| Mean (average) | $66,520 |

### Pay by state

The 15 highest-paying states, by median annual wage. The cost-of-living-adjusted column divides the state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity, so the columns answer different questions: the first is what the job pays there, the second is what that pay buys there.

| State | Median annual wage | Cost-of-living adjusted | Employment |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DC | $76,970 | $70,036 | 2,360 |
| MA | $75,740 | $71,617 | 4,640 |
| NY | $74,730 | $69,245 | 10,330 |
| HI | $74,460 | $67,721 | 550 |
| VT | $74,310 | $75,859 | 430 |
| NJ | $72,780 | $66,890 | 2,160 |
| CA | $71,120 | $64,234 | 20,650 |
| CT | $70,010 | $67,571 | 1,450 |
| WA | $65,530 | $61,236 | 3,600 |
| MD | $63,280 | $60,290 | 2,570 |
| NH | $63,250 | $60,721 | 510 |
| CO | $62,050 | $60,212 | 4,650 |
| VI | $61,580 | No BEA price parity | 60 |
| AZ | $61,330 | $60,918 | 3,440 |
| LA | $61,150 | $69,326 | 610 |

37 more states with published wage data are omitted here. The full table for all 52 states is at https://nuecareer.com/careers/meeting-convention-and-event-planner/salary-by-state, or as JSON at https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/careers/meeting-convention-and-event-planner.

## Outlook

BLS projects employment to move from 155,800 in the 2024–2034 base year to 163,300 by the end of the cycle — a gain of 7,500 jobs, or +4.8%. Faster than average: 4.8% against 3.1% projected for all occupations over the same cycle. About 15,500 openings a year are expected on average, counting openings from growth as well as from workers leaving the occupation permanently. Source: BLS EP, 2024–2034.

## How to get in

- **Typical entry education:** Bachelor's degree (BLS Employment Projections).
- **Preparation level:** Medium preparation — O\*NET's preparation band for this occupation is "Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed".
- **Related work experience typically required:** None.
- **Typical on-the-job training:** None.

### Education people in this job actually hold

O\*NET surveys incumbents, so this distribution describes who is in the job today and can differ from the BLS entry requirement above.

| Education level | Share of workers |
| --- | --- |
| Bachelor's Degree | 40.8% |
| Some College Courses | 37.2% |
| High School Diploma | 7.9% |
| Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) | 7.5% |
| Post-Secondary Certificate | 6.6% |

## What the work involves

- Consult with customers to determine objectives and requirements for events, such as meetings, conferences, and conventions.
- Conduct post-event evaluations to determine how future events could be improved.
- Confer with staff at a chosen event site to coordinate details.
- Inspect event facilities to ensure that they conform to customer requirements.
- Maintain records of event aspects, including financial details.
- Review event bills for accuracy and approve payment.
- Monitor event activities to ensure compliance with applicable regulations and laws, satisfaction of participants, and resolution of any problems that arise.
- Arrange the availability of audio-visual equipment, transportation, displays, and other event needs.

## Skills and knowledge

### Essential skills

- Reading Comprehension — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Active Listening — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Speaking — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Critical Thinking — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Writing — importance 3.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Monitoring — importance 3.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Active Learning — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Mathematics — importance 2.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Transferable skills

These are the skills that carry into other occupations, and they drive the related-occupation and career-change rankings on this site.

- Social Perceptiveness — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Coordination — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Service Orientation — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Time Management — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Complex Problem Solving — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Judgment and Decision Making — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Persuasion — importance 3.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Negotiation — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Knowledge areas

- Customer and Personal Service — importance 4.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- English Language — importance 4.2 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Communications and Media — importance 3.7 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Administrative — importance 3.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Administration and Management — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Computers and Electronics — importance 3.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Abilities

- Oral Comprehension — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Written Comprehension — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Oral Expression — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Written Expression — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Speech Recognition — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Problem Sensitivity — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

## Who it suits

O\*NET rates every occupation on the six Holland (RIASEC) interest areas, on a 1–7 scale. This occupation's strongest areas are Enterprising (E), Conventional (C), Social (S).

| Interest area | Score (1–7) |
| --- | --- |
| E — Enterprising | 7.00 |
| C — Conventional | 4.96 |
| S — Social | 4.56 |
| A — Artistic | 2.49 |
| I — Investigative | 1.56 |
| R — Realistic | 1.00 |

### Personality fit

These scores are **derived by NueCareer**, not published by any government agency: they are cosine similarities between a personality type's trait profile and this occupation's O\*NET interest and work-style ratings, expressed 0–100. Treat them as a starting point for exploration, not as evidence that a type belongs in a job.

| Type | Fit score (0–100) |
| --- | --- |
| ESFJ | 80.9 |
| ENFJ | 75.3 |
| ESTJ | 69.5 |
| ESFP | 66.3 |
| ENTJ | 64.1 |

Best-fitting types: ESFJ.

## Related occupations

O\*NET's primary related occupations, in its own ranked order.

- [Fundraiser](https://nuecareer.com/careers/fundraiser) — median $72,550
- [Public Relations Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/public-relations-specialist) — median $74,750
- [Executive Secretary and Executive Administrative Assistant](https://nuecareer.com/careers/executive-secretary-and-executive-administrative-assistant) — median $76,590
- [First-Line Supervisor of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services](https://nuecareer.com/careers/first-line-supervisor-of-entertainment-and-recreation-workers) — median $48,560
- [Project Management Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/project-management-specialist) — median $102,320
- [Social and Community Service Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/social-and-community-service-manager) — median $80,390
- [Media Programming Director](https://nuecareer.com/careers/media-programming-director) — median $90,360
- [First-Line Supervisor of Non-Retail Sales Workers](https://nuecareer.com/careers/first-line-supervisor-of-non-retail-sales-workers) — median $87,520
- [Recreation Worker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/recreation-worker) — median $36,560
- [Fundraising Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/fundraising-manager) — median $125,470

## Sources

- **O\*NET** — O\*NET 30.3 Database, May 2026. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS OEWS** — BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **BLS EP** — BLS Employment Projections, Table 1.2, 2024–2034. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **BLS OOH** — BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2024–2034 edition. https://www.bls.gov/ooh/
- **BEA RPP** — BEA Regional Price Parities by State, 2024. https://www.bea.gov/data/prices-inflation/regional-price-parities-state-and-metro-area

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 30.3 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

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