State comparison · 2025
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners salary: Alabama vs New York
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners in New York earn a median of $74,730. In Alabama, $52,180. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.2% — not 30.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-30.2%
Alabama vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-15.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
- Median
- $52,180
- p25
- $42,370
- p75
- $69,790
- p10
- $36,150
- p90
- $82,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
New York
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
- Median
- $74,730
- p25
- $57,260
- p75
- $99,160
- p10
- $45,600
- p90
- $129,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.