Meeting, convention, & event planners

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Total Workforce

126k

Average Age

36.5

Average Salary

$47,298

Average Male Salary

$50,531

Average Female Salary

$46,526

About

Meeting, convention, & event planners are most often employed by the Other administrative & other support services industry. The average yearly wage for Meeting, convention, & event planners was $47,298 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Meeting, convention, & event planners by wage are Postal service mail sorters, processors, & processing machine operators, Computer numerically controlled tool operators and programmers, and Sheet metal workers.

Meeting, convention, & event planners are part of the Business & financial operations occupations, along with Agents & business managers of artists, performers, & athletes, Buyers & purchasing agents, farm products, Wholesale & retail buyers, except farm products, Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, & farm products, Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, & investigators, and 24 more.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Meeting, convention, & event planners are Fulton County (East)Atlanta City (Southeast) PUMA, GA, Richmond District PUMA, CA, and West Town, Near West Side & Lower West Side PUMA, IL. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Meeting, convention, & event planners are Fulton County (East)Atlanta City (Southeast) PUMA, GA, Cambridge City PUMA, MA, and Richmond District PUMA, CA.

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Information on the businesses and industries that employ Meeting, convention, & event planners and on wages and locations for those in the field. Other administrative & other support services is the industry that employs the most Meeting, convention, & event planners, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Meeting, convention, & event planners, by average wage, is Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing. Meeting, convention, & event planners are paid most in Weymouth Town, Braintree Town Cities, Hingham, Hull & Cohasset Towns PUMA, MA but are relatively concentrated in Fulton County (East)Atlanta City (Southeast) PUMA, GA.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$47,298

AVERAGE SALARY

± $2,988

In 2018, Meeting, convention, & event planners earned an average of $47,298, $6,590 less than than the average national salary of $53,888.

Sheet metal workers make somewhat more than Meeting, convention, & event planners while Postal service mail sorters, processors, & processing machine operators make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Meeting, convention, & event planners as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.402

WAGE GINI

In 2018, Meeting, convention, & event planners had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.402, which is lower than than the national average of 0.479. 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).

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Meeting, convention, & event planners.

Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Meeting, convention, & event planners

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Meeting, convention, & event planners.

Industries

Most Common

The most common industries employing Meeting, convention, & event planners, by number of employees, are Other administrative & other support services, Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, and Civic, social, advocacy organizations, & grantmaking & giving services.

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Meeting, convention, & event planners, by average wage, are Computer Systems Design, Nondepository credit & related activities, Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing, Other health care services, Nondepository credit & related activities, and Spectator sports.

Industries by Share

126k

2018 Workforce

± 8,700

-10.1%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 10.6%

The number of people employed as Meeting, convention, & event planners has been declining at a rate of -10.1%, from 139,849 people in 2017 to 125,687 people in 2018.

This graphic shows the share of Meeting, convention, & event planners employed by various industries. Other administrative & other support services employs the largest share of Meeting, convention, & event planners at 13.9%, followed by Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges with 11.9% and Civic, social, advocacy organizations, & grantmaking & giving services with 8.36%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Meeting, convention, & event planners in the US. The average age of male Meeting, convention, & event planners in the workforce is 38.5 and of female Meeting, convention, & event planners is 36, and the most common race/ethnicity for Meeting, convention, & event planners is White (Non-Hispanic).

Gender Composition

24.2k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 3,822

101k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 7,817

80.7% of Meeting, convention, & event planners are Female, making them the more common gender in the occupation. This chart shows the gender breakdown of Meeting, convention, & event planners.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Meeting, convention, & event planners

White (Non-Hispanic)
Black (Non-Hispanic)
White (Hispanic)

75.1% of Meeting, convention, & event planners are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 7.81% of Meeting, convention, & event planners, Black (Non-Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Meeting, convention, & event planners.

Age by Gender

38.5

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 2.48

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 0.99

The median age of Meeting, convention, & event planners is 36.5, and Male employees are generally 2.52 years older than than their Female counterparts.

Education

Data on higher education choices for Meeting, convention, & event planners from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Meeting, convention, & event planners is Business but a relatively high number of Meeting, convention, & event planners hold a major in Communications.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degree-majorss. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree-majors obtained.

MOST COMMON MAJORS

MOST SPECIALIZED MAJORS

Skills

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, Speaking, and Active Listening. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Meeting, convention, & event planners need more than the average amount of Management of Financial Resources, Management of Material Resources, and Service Orientation.