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Highest Paying Industries for Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners

The top 100 highest paying industries 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 in those industries are also shown. As shown in the table, with an average annual salary of $81,530, aerospace product and parts manufacturing is the highest paying industry for meeting, convention, and event planners. It is followed by transportation equipment manufacturing industry (average annual salary $74,230). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in May 2015 [1]. For more information about salaries of meeting, convention, and event planners in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest Paying Industries for Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing	$81,530	$52,180	60
2	Transportation Equipment Manufacturing	$74,230	$42,760	90
3	Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage	$66,500	$38,310	290
4	Shoe Stores	$65,560	$32,130	n/a
5	Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing	$64,900	$35,170	30
6	Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing	$64,600	$44,090	120
7	Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores	$64,560	$31,820	n/a
8	Wired Telecommunications Carriers	$63,080	$36,720	120
9	Oil and Gas Extraction	$62,880	$30,200	90
10	Direct Insurance (except Life, Health, and Medical) Carriers	$62,490	$37,110	120
11	Computer Systems Design and Related Services	$62,220	$32,260	650
12	Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing	$61,970	$41,580	270
13	Telecommunications	$61,870	$37,680	170
14	Other Insurance Related Activities	$61,770	$42,160	n/a
15	Insurance Carriers	$61,440	$35,040	430
16	Mining	$61,090	$30,770	100
17	Depository Credit Intermediation	$60,650	$23,990	200
18	Utilities	$60,440	$37,440	30
19	Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities	$60,130	$33,450	600
20	Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services	$60,040	$34,100	250
21	Securities and Commodity Exchanges	$59,730	$23,680	n/a
22	Finance and Insurance	$59,430	$33,690	1,600
23	Hospitals - State government owned	$59,270	$35,550	70
24	Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers	$58,840	$32,190	100
25	Insurance Carriers and Related Activities	$58,650	$35,350	600
26	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - State government owned	$58,630	$34,200	40
27	Credit Intermediation and Related Activities	$58,350	$31,070	360
28	Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences	$57,990	$34,050	370
29	Amusement Parks and Arcades	$57,110	$31,990	710
30	Activities Related to Credit Intermediation	$56,650	$33,180	50
31	Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing	$56,610	$35,950	80
32	Nondepository Credit Intermediation	$56,570	$34,260	110
33	Labor Unions and Similar Labor Organizations	$56,450	$18,960	250
34	Apparel, Piece Goods, and Notions Merchant Wholesalers	$56,100	$33,870	40
35	Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing	$55,950	$40,780	n/a
36	Other Information Services	$55,730	$32,020	330
37	Chemical Manufacturing	$55,500	$35,070	110
38	Scientific Research and Development Services	$55,420	$30,710	620
39	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$55,010	$31,690	2,220
40	Software Publishers	$54,930	$33,750	210
41	Travel Agencies	$54,840	$32,670	180
42	Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$54,620	$33,480	530
43	Construction	$54,580	$30,730	60
44	Other Financial Investment Activities	$54,560	$28,810	270
45	Miscellaneous Manufacturing	$54,350	$28,130	260
46	Television Broadcasting	$54,220	$27,840	100
47	Electronics and Appliance Stores	$53,740	$22,860	n/a
48	Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing	$53,650	$27,940	230
49	Other Nondepository Credit Intermediation	$53,450	$32,360	60
50	Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals	$53,120	$39,010	80
51	Publishing Industries (except Internet)	$53,010	$32,920	930
52	Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers	$52,860	$34,700	50
53	Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services	$52,840	$33,000	330
54	Business Support Services	$52,780	$29,820	440
55	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$52,740	$30,920	5,110
56	Newspaper Publishers	$52,630	$33,410	90
57	Information	$52,530	$28,820	2,330
58	Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations	$52,350	$29,750	8,310
59	Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services	$52,270	$33,480	440
60	Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers	$52,240	$32,640	720
61	Manufacturing	$51,770	$31,560	1,410
62	Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities	$51,330	$23,900	250
63	Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)	$51,060	$33,740	580
64	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	$51,020	$33,410	490
65	Motion Picture and Video Industries	$50,850	$23,740	250
66	Agencies, Brokerages, and Other Insurance Related Activities	$50,780	$35,720	170
67	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Privately owned	$50,740	$33,620	410
68	Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	$50,720	$32,120	310
69	Engineering Services	$50,410	$31,500	100
70	Other Personal Services	$50,290	$20,460	2,300
71	Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods	$50,270	$31,730	420
72	Hospitals - Privately owned	$50,230	$33,810	480
73	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Privately owned	$50,120	$32,350	320
74	Business schools and computer and management training - Privately owned	$49,990	$30,220	710
75	Business Schools and Computer and Management Training	$49,910	$30,210	710
76	Employment Services	$49,910	$26,500	360
77	Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works)	$49,750	$33,730	90
78	Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services	$49,560	$29,460	2,080
79	State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$49,410	$35,800	150
80	Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services	$49,330	$29,570	1,100
81	Miscellaneous Durable Goods Merchant Wholesalers	$49,310	$34,380	40
82	Grantmaking and Giving Services	$49,140	$31,380	2,000
83	Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries	$49,070	$24,370	290
84	Administrative and Support Services	$49,040	$28,410	8,790
85	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	$49,040	$28,410	8,790
86	Personal and Laundry Services	$49,020	$20,600	2,390
87	Specialty hospitals - Privately owned	$49,000	$39,820	60
88	Offices of Physicians	$48,960	$32,870	110
89	Legal Services	$48,950	$25,080	350
90	Elementary and Secondary Schools	$48,900	$32,220	420
91	Other Support Services	$48,880	$28,130	6,230
92	Other Services (except Federal, State, and Local Government)	$48,770	$25,970	16,480
93	Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations	$48,740	$27,420	14,080
94	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Privately owned	$48,730	$31,540	2,950
95	Office Administrative Services	$48,450	$31,050	630
96	Educational Services - Privately owned	$48,010	$29,800	4,900
97	Wholesale Trade	$47,770	$27,080	950
98	Specialized Design Services	$47,640	$26,070	70
99	Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services	$47,120	$30,890	130
100	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Local government owned	$46,910	$30,260	40