State comparison · 2025
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners salary: Arkansas vs District of Columbia
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners in District of Columbia earn a median of $76,970. In Arkansas, $53,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.9% — not 31.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-31.1%
Arkansas vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-12.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
- Median
- $53,040
- p25
- $40,160
- p75
- $81,140
- p10
- $31,190
- p90
- $102,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
District of Columbia
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
- Median
- $76,970
- p25
- $60,550
- p75
- $93,700
- p10
- $53,320
- p90
- $121,410
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -83%
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.