State comparison · 2025
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners salary: Arkansas vs Massachusetts
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners in Massachusetts earn a median of $75,740. In Arkansas, $53,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.7% — not 30%.
Nominal pay gap
-30%
Arkansas vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-14.7%
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
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.