State comparison · 2025
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners salary: California vs Massachusetts
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners in Massachusetts earn a median of $75,740. In California, $71,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.3% — not 6.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-6.1%
California vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-10.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
- Median
- $71,120
- p25
- $56,360
- p75
- $87,240
- p10
- $44,850
- p90
- $121,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.