State comparison · 2025
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners salary: Arizona vs New York
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners in New York earn a median of $74,730. In Arizona, $61,330. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.1% — not 17.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.9%
Arizona vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-12.1%
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
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.