State comparison · 2025
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners salary: California vs New York
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners in New York earn a median of $74,730. In California, $71,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.2% — not 4.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-4.8%
California vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-7.2%
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%
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.