Management

Convention & Event Center Managers

SOC 11-9081

Run a convention center or large venue, managing events from booking to wrap-up.

The job

Median pay

$69k

$50k to $94k typical range

Outlook, 2025 to 2035

Growing

+3.8% projected

Openings a year

BLS projection

Typical education

Bachelor's

Our model

AI displacement risk

Moderate

How much of this job AI may do instead of the person

Works with AI

7/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

48th pct

More exposed than 48% of occupations · modeled estimate · 65th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

50/100

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Key skills

Active Listening
Speaking
Reading Comprehension
Writing
Critical Thinking
Active Learning

Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
California	5,070	0.3	1.0×	$77k
Florida	4,790	0.5	1.8×	$69k
Texas	3,900	0.3	1.0×	$62k
New York	2,880	0.3	1.1×	$79k
Pennsylvania	1,764	0.3	1.1×	$61k~
Georgia	1,580	0.3	1.2×	$61k
Ohio	1,490	0.3	1.0×	$49k
North Carolina	1,460	0.3	1.1×	$64k
Massachusetts	1,252	0.3	1.3×	$97k~
Oregon	1,170	0.6	2.2×	$63k

All 51 states

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
Michigan	1,141	0.3	0.9×	$59k~
Wisconsin	1,130	0.4	1.4×	$74k
Colorado	1,100	0.4	1.4×	$92k
Virginia	1,021	0.2	0.9×	$67k~
Illinois	740	0.1	0.4×	$62k
Maine	740	1.2	4.2×	$62k
Arizona	680	0.2	0.8×	$78k
Montana	670	1.3	4.8×	$67k
South Carolina	640	0.3	1.0×	$63k
Tennessee	610	0.2	0.7×	$63k
Alabama	570	0.3	1.0×	$69k
Indiana	570	0.2	0.7×	$67k
Utah	504	0.3	1.1×	$67k~
Nevada	490	0.3	1.1×	$78k
Arkansas	480	0.4	1.3×	$46k
Kentucky	467	0.2	0.8×	$59k~
New Jersey	450	0.1	0.4×	$108k
Washington	450	0.1	0.5×	$101k
Maryland	440	0.2	0.6×	$73k
Oklahoma	440	0.3	0.9×	$51k
Wyoming	420	1.5	5.5×	$61k
Iowa	410	0.3	1.0×	$60k
Louisiana	380	0.2	0.7×	$63k
New Mexico	370	0.4	1.6×	$67k
Nebraska	330	0.3	1.2×	$68k
South Dakota	310	0.7	2.5×	$62k
Kansas	300	0.2	0.8×	$64k
Mississippi	290	0.2	0.9×	$63k
North Dakota	270	0.6	2.3×	$63k
Washington DC	260	0.4	1.4×	$76k
Minnesota	250	0.1	0.3×	$79k
Connecticut	210	0.1	0.5×	$77k
Vermont	210	0.7	2.5×	$81k
Hawaii	200	0.3	1.2×	$114k
West Virginia	180	0.3	0.9×	$73k
Missouri	170	0.1	0.2×	$47k
Delaware	130	0.3	1.0×	$74k
Rhode Island	110	0.2	0.8×	$107k
Alaska	102	0.3	1.1×	$80k~
New Hampshire	90	0.1	0.5×	$79k
Idaho	70	0.1	0.3×	$65k

Top metro areas

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ1,910 jobs · $94k median
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA1,480 jobs · $76k median
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL1,160 jobs · $77k median
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX1,140 jobs · $66k median
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA920 jobs · $64k median
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL900 jobs · $72k median
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX750 jobs · $65k median
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV670 jobs · $78k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.