Meeting, convention, & event planners | Data USA (2024)

The locations that employ the most Meeting, convention, & event planners are , Alexandria City PUMA, VA, and . The locations with a relatively high concentration of Meeting, convention, & event planners are , District of Columbia (West) PUMA, DC, and District of Columbia (South Central) PUMA, DC.

Employment and salary information for the Meeting, convention, & event planners workforce. Meeting, convention, & event planners workforce in 2022 was 135,051 people, of which 76.6% were women and 23.4% were men. Meeting, convention, & event planners are paid most in but are relatively concentrated in .

The Meeting, convention, & event planners workforce in 2022 was 135,051 people (76.6% women and 23.4% men). This implies an average annual growth of 29.2% between 2014 (104,493) and 2022 (135,051).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Meeting, convention, & event planners.

During 2022, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Massachusetts ($68,891), New York ($68,312), and Maryland ($68,295).

In 2022, Meeting, convention, & event planners earned an average of $54,788, $9,894 less than the average national salary of $64,683

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In 2022, Meeting, convention, & event planners had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.403, which is lower than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Meeting, convention, & event planners (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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The workforce of Meeting, convention, & event planners in 2022 was 135,051 people, with 76.6% woman, and 23.4% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 25 to 29 years (22,757 people), 30 to 34 years (21,321 people), and 20 to 24 years (20,054 people). Among them they concentrated 47.6% of the total workforce.

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In 2022, 13.7% of Meeting, convention, & event planners workers were Hispanic and 86.3% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (69.3%), Puerto Rican (20.5)%, and All Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino (10.1)%

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In 2022, 74.3% of the Meeting, convention, & event planners workforce were White, of which 78.9% were women and 21.1% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (9.59%) and Two or More Races (7.53%).

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The most common majors achieved by Meeting, convention, & event planners in 2022 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (24,173 people), Communications (13,723 people), and Social Sciences (6,754 people).

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The main educational levels achieved by the Meeting, convention, & event planners workers were Bachelors Degree (67,456 people), Some college (25,635 people), and Graduate Degree (15,180 people).

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Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Meeting, convention, & event planners from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Meeting, convention, & event planners need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Speaking.

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Meeting, convention, & event planners. This profession is expected to grow more than than 2.84%, the average rate of national job growth.