Business & Financial
Meeting & Event Planners
SOC 13-1121
Plan and run conferences and events down to the last detail and deadline.
The job
Median pay
$61k
$47k to $79k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing fast
+5.8% projected
Openings a year
17k
BLS projection
Typical education
Bachelor's
Our model
AI displacement risk
High
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
8/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
60th pct
More exposed than 60% of occupations · modeled estimate · 52nd pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
49/100
Key skills
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Critical Thinking
- Writing
- Monitoring
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 | 20,650 | 1.1 | 1.2× | $71k |
| Texas | 10,730 | 0.8 | 0.8× | $57k |
| Florida | 10,480 | 1.1 | 1.1× | $60k |
| New York | 10,330 | 1.1 | 1.2× | $75k |
| Illinois | 5,220 | 0.9 | 0.9× | $60k |
| Georgia | 5,050 | 1.0 | 1.1× | $49k |
| Ohio | 4,750 | 0.9 | 0.9× | $50k |
| Colorado | 4,650 | 1.6 | 1.8× | $62k |
| Massachusetts | 4,640 | 1.3 | 1.4× | $76k |
| North Carolina | 4,340 | 0.9 | 1.0× | $55k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | 4,230 | 1.0 | 1.1× | $61k |
| Pennsylvania | 3,940 | 0.6 | 0.7× | $58k |
| Washington | 3,600 | 1.0 | 1.1× | $66k |
| Michigan | 3,560 | 0.8 | 0.9× | $53k |
| Arizona | 3,440 | 1.1 | 1.2× | $61k |
| Tennessee | 3,260 | 1.0 | 1.1× | $52k |
| Minnesota | 3,160 | 1.1 | 1.2× | $58k |
| Wisconsin | 2,690 | 0.9 | 1.0× | $54k |
| Maryland | 2,570 | 0.9 | 1.0× | $63k |
| Missouri | 2,500 | 0.9 | 0.9× | $57k |
| Washington DC | 2,360 | 3.4 | 3.7× | $77k |
| New Jersey | 2,160 | 0.5 | 0.6× | $73k |
| Indiana | 2,140 | 0.7 | 0.7× | $50k |
| Nevada | 2,060 | 1.3 | 1.4× | $58k |
| Oregon | 2,020 | 1.0 | 1.1× | $61k |
| Utah | 1,970 | 1.1 | 1.2× | $54k |
| Connecticut | 1,450 | 0.9 | 0.9× | $70k |
| Oklahoma | 1,440 | 0.8 | 0.9× | $49k |
| South Carolina | 1,240 | 0.5 | 0.6× | $52k |
| Iowa | 1,120 | 0.7 | 0.8× | $52k |
| Kentucky | 1,110 | 0.6 | 0.6× | $49k |
| Alabama | 980 | 0.5 | 0.5× | $52k |
| Kansas | 920 | 0.6 | 0.7× | $55k |
| Rhode Island | 890 | 1.8 | 1.9× | $60k |
| Louisiana | 610 | 0.3 | 0.3× | $61k |
| Nebraska | 610 | 0.6 | 0.7× | $53k |
| Idaho | 583 | 0.7 | 0.7× | $55k~ |
| Arkansas | 550 | 0.4 | 0.5× | $53k |
| Hawaii | 550 | 0.9 | 0.9× | $74k |
| New Hampshire | 510 | 0.7 | 0.8× | $63k |
| Maine | 490 | 0.8 | 0.8× | $58k |
| Vermont | 430 | 1.4 | 1.5× | $74k |
| Delaware | 400 | 0.8 | 0.9× | $49k |
| Mississippi | 360 | 0.3 | 0.3× | $45k |
| Montana | 350 | 0.7 | 0.7× | $49k |
| New Mexico | 350 | 0.4 | 0.4× | $51k |
| South Dakota | 340 | 0.7 | 0.8× | $47k |
| North Dakota | 300 | 0.7 | 0.8× | $52k |
| West Virginia | 300 | 0.4 | 0.5× | $36k |
| Alaska | 150 | 0.5 | 0.5× | $55k |
| Wyoming | 120 | 0.4 | 0.5× | $56k |
Top metro areas
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ9,050 jobs · $79k median
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA7,300 jobs · $69k median
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV5,140 jobs · $75k median
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN4,230 jobs · $63k median
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH3,650 jobs · $78k median
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA3,490 jobs · $82k median
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA3,470 jobs · $50k median
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX3,380 jobs · $63k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Meeting & Event Planners interactively →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.