State comparison · 2025
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners salary: Arizona vs Massachusetts
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners in Massachusetts earn a median of $75,740. In Arizona, $61,330. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.9% — not 19%.
Nominal pay gap
-19%
Arizona vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-14.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
- Median
- $61,330
- p25
- $47,420
- p75
- $75,090
- p10
- $38,820
- p90
- $92,730
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
Massachusetts
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
- Median
- $75,740
- p25
- $58,360
- p75
- $98,140
- p10
- $48,960
- p90
- $133,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.