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Meeting, Convention, and Event Planner Salary by State (2026)

Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners earn the most in District of Columbia at $76,970 a year and the least in West Virginia at $35,760 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). The national median is $61,160. The table below covers 49 states, DC, U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, with a cost-of-living adjusted column.

Highest median
$76,970District of Columbia
National median
$61,160BLS OEWS, May 2025
Lowest median
$35,760West Virginia
Areas reporting
52of 54 OEWS areas

Top and bottom

Highest- and lowest-paying states for meeting, convention, and event planners

Ranked on the state median among the 49 reporting states and DC. After cost of living, Vermont comes out ahead instead. Territories are in the full table but not ranked here.

Highest median pay

  1. 1District of Columbia$76,970
  2. 2Massachusetts$75,740
  3. 3New York$74,730
  4. 4Hawaii$74,460
  5. 5Vermont$74,310

Lowest median pay

  1. 1West Virginia$35,760
  2. 2Mississippi$44,680
  3. 3South Dakota$47,050
  4. 4Oklahoma$48,990
  5. 5Montana$49,000

All states

Meeting, Convention, and Event Planner salary in every state

Sort by any column. Employment is the number of meeting, convention, and event planners OEWS estimates in that state; blank cells are estimates BLS suppressed because the sample was too small.

Annual wages by state, sortable by median, quartiles, employment and cost-of-living adjusted median
#
1DCDistrict of Columbia
$76,970
$60,550$93,7002,360$70,036
2MAMassachusetts
$75,740
$58,360$98,1404,640$71,617
3NYNew York
$74,730
$57,260$99,16010,330$69,245
4HIHawaii
$74,460
$51,690$84,290550$67,721
5VTVermont
$74,310
$57,840$87,060430$75,859
6NJNew Jersey
$72,780
$61,120$89,5502,160$66,890
7CACalifornia
$71,120
$56,360$87,24020,650$64,234
8CTConnecticut
$70,010
$50,580$88,1001,450$67,571
9WAWashington
$65,530
$52,650$80,6603,600$61,236
10MDMaryland
$63,280
$49,060$83,0002,570$60,290
11NHNew Hampshire
$63,250
$52,720$78,800510$60,721
12COColorado
$62,050
$47,930$79,4504,650$60,212
13VIU.S. Virgin Islands
$61,580
$37,710$62,14060N/A
14AZArizona
$61,330
$47,420$75,0903,440$60,918
15LALouisiana
$61,150
$46,180$75,150610$69,326
16OROregon
$61,120
$51,270$76,7902,020$59,133
17VAVirginia
$60,930
$47,660$79,0604,230$60,265
18FLFlorida
$60,270
$43,500$78,03010,480$58,280
19RIRhode Island
$59,910
$45,760$65,570890$58,575
20ILIllinois
$59,840
$44,290$79,8005,220$59,865
21PAPennsylvania
$58,170
$45,830$74,7603,940$59,618
22MEMaine
$57,900
$51,500$70,890490$59,660
23MNMinnesota
$57,710
$46,980$73,4903,160$58,517
24NVNevada
$57,610
$47,720$73,0402,060$57,622
25TXTexas
$57,470
$46,040$74,89010,730$59,213
26MOMissouri
$56,900
$44,730$66,6502,500$62,653
27WYWyoming
$55,550
$45,130$78,520120$59,930
28AKAlaska
$54,990
$44,860$64,970150$53,723
29NCNorth Carolina
$54,990
$39,540$71,6004,340$58,298
30KSKansas
$54,840
$41,320$75,150920$60,887
31UTUtah
$54,150
$38,590$68,3301,970$54,772
32WIWisconsin
$53,940
$45,280$72,9102,690$57,325
33ARArkansas
$53,040
$40,160$81,140550$61,010
34MIMichigan
$52,780
$44,110$65,0003,560$54,855
35NENebraska
$52,630
$48,890$61,840610$58,411
36ALAlabama
$52,180
$42,370$69,790980$58,746
37TNTennessee
$52,000
$40,340$62,5703,260$56,602
38SCSouth Carolina
$51,830
$39,080$65,4401,240$55,286
39IAIowa
$51,750
$43,770$64,6201,120$58,966
40NDNorth Dakota
$51,700
$43,750$67,600300$58,117
41NMNew Mexico
$50,820
$40,610$62,080350$55,112
42INIndiana
$50,090
$42,370$66,3702,140$53,670
43OHOhio
$49,900
$39,050$65,2104,750$53,787
44KYKentucky
$49,280
$38,810$62,9301,110$54,659
45GAGeorgia
$49,250
$35,710$67,3705,050$51,146
46DEDelaware
$49,020
$38,480$64,730400$49,114
47MTMontana
$49,000
$39,990$60,640350$51,772
48OKOklahoma
$48,990
$37,240$61,9101,440$55,770
49SDSouth Dakota
$47,050
$38,930$59,760340$53,112
50MSMississippi
$44,680
$33,860$56,450360$51,384
51WVWest Virginia
$35,760
$31,200$49,160300$39,957
52PRPuerto Rico
$28,400
$23,320$40,900830N/A

Method

How the cost-of-living adjustment works

The adjusted column divides each state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity (RPP) and multiplies by 100. RPPs measure how much a fixed basket of goods, services and rents costs in one state relative to the national average, so the result restates local pay in national-average dollars.

For meeting, convention, and event planners, that changes the ranking: District of Columbia leads on raw pay at $76,970, while Vermont leads once prices are taken into account at $75,859.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities by State, 2024 (public domain). The adjustment is NueCareer's calculation, not a BLS or BEA published statistic.

Questions

Meeting, Convention, and Event Planner pay by state: FAQ

Which state pays meeting, convention, and event planners the most?

District of Columbia reports the highest median wage for meeting, convention, and event planners at $76,970 a year (BLS OEWS, May 2025), followed by Massachusetts ($75,740) and New York ($74,730).

Which state pays meeting, convention, and event planners the least?

Among the 49 reporting states and DC, West Virginia reports the lowest median for meeting, convention, and event planners at $35,760 a year, $41,210 below the highest-paying state (BLS OEWS, May 2025). Among the territories, U.S. Virgin Islands reports $61,580 and Puerto Rico reports $28,400.

Is the highest-paying state the best for meeting, convention, and event planners after cost of living?

Not on this data. District of Columbia pays the most on paper ($76,970) but ranks 3rd of 50 once each median is divided by the state's BEA Regional Price Parity ($70,036). Vermont leads after that adjustment at $75,859, from a raw median of $74,310. BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024; the adjustment is NueCareer's calculation.

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