Highest-paying Cities for Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners

The top 100 highest paying cities for meeting, convention, and event planners (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of meeting, convention, and event planners in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $75,860, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is the highest paying city for meeting, convention, and event planners. It is followed by New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York (average annual salary $74,570). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of meeting, convention, and event planners in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$75,860	$41,410	800
2	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$74,570	$41,600	8,750
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$73,080	$43,400	2,510
4	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$70,230	$41,670	120
5	Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts	$70,020	$35,640	50
6	Framingham, Massachusetts	$69,410	$37,670	90
7	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$65,230	$34,990	750
8	Nashua, New Hampshire	$65,140	$34,650	50
9	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$65,080	$41,470	1,790
10	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$64,260	$44,310	5,050
11	Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$63,830	$39,850	130
12	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$63,470	$35,590	1,410
13	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$63,360	$37,040	5,190
14	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$63,190	$39,260	260
15	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$63,010	$40,880	2,650
16	Ithaca, New York	$62,920	$36,010	60
17	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$62,640	$45,440	90
18	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$62,440	$38,950	120
19	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$62,400	$43,030	70
20	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$62,110	$28,130	40
21	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$61,590	$34,210	1,190
22	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$61,030	$39,710	70
23	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$60,620	$42,000	1,370
24	State College, Pennsylvania	$60,440	$32,270	50
25	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$60,440	$35,700	5,640
26	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$60,070	$41,560	360
27	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$59,750	$36,480	1,800
28	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$59,750	$36,570	2,040
29	Napa, California	$59,640	$41,880	180
30	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$59,150	$36,270	4,700
31	Bloomington, Illinois	$58,860	$37,070	70
32	Boulder, Colorado	$58,830	$37,950	280
33	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$58,660	$34,380	860
34	Brunswick, Georgia	$58,510	$35,240	40
35	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$58,470	$38,150	90
36	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$58,380	$36,130	90
37	St Cloud, Minnesota	$58,350	$35,570	50
38	Corvallis, Oregon	$58,330	$33,280	30
39	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$58,050	$36,420	710
40	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$57,830	$36,920	1,030
41	Springfield, Illinois	$57,820	$37,000	90
42	Stockton, California	$57,630	$35,380	80
43	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$57,180	$35,360	990
44	Camden, New Jersey	$56,840	$35,450	240
45	Northeast Florida nonmetropolitan area, Florida	$56,350	$35,060	n/a
46	North Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$56,300	$30,770	30
47	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$56,240	$39,110	380
48	Harrisonburg, Virginia	$56,060	$32,350	80
49	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$55,940	$35,360	190
50	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$55,720	$34,220	1,120
51	New Haven, Connecticut	$55,560	$39,370	200
52	Syracuse, New York	$55,460	$37,900	140
53	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$55,300	$24,200	2,020
54	South Florida nonmetropolitan area, Florida	$55,280	$30,270	50
55	Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama	$55,220	$31,460	n/a
56	Columbus, Ohio	$55,110	$38,220	660
57	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$55,090	$31,500	200
58	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$55,000	$36,990	180
59	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$54,750	$35,190	810
60	Nantucket Island and Marthas Vineyard nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$54,490	$35,210	30
61	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$54,340	$37,500	80
62	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$54,100	$32,220	790
63	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$54,100	$38,350	210
64	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$54,040	$34,080	140
65	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$54,020	$38,380	40
66	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$53,470	$30,590	3,220
67	Glens Falls, New York	$53,460	$31,200	50
68	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$53,410	$30,140	1,130
69	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$53,140	$38,630	270
70	Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$53,120	$29,000	50
71	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$53,000	$31,200	220
72	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$52,910	$33,770	1,910
73	Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$52,690	$24,960	90
74	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$52,650	$28,130	1,350
75	Springfield, Massachusetts	$52,630	$31,720	270
76	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$52,510	$35,610	220
77	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$52,480	$27,440	3,090
78	Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$52,430	$29,120	50
79	Odessa, Texas	$52,430	$26,510	50
80	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$52,300	$21,740	910
81	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$52,290	$31,570	200
82	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$52,280	$32,400	100
83	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$52,240	$25,610	3,120
84	Utica-Rome, New York	$52,220	$37,840	70
85	Greeley, Colorado	$52,180	$38,270	60
86	Dover-Durham, New Hampshire	$52,120	$36,880	40
87	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$52,100	$36,870	4,140
88	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$52,030	$32,050	1,960
89	East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$52,000	$28,830	50
90	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$52,000	$31,500	140
91	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$52,000	$35,720	250
92	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$51,930	$27,470	460
93	Central New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$51,870	$30,920	80
94	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$51,860	$34,670	160
95	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$51,790	$33,280	740
96	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$51,790	$33,190	220
97	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$51,700	$34,460	810
98	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$51,640	$19,310	180
99	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$51,630	$35,310	230
100	Worcester, Massachusetts	$51,530	$39,830	180

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