State comparison · 2025
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners salary: Illinois vs Massachusetts
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners in Massachusetts earn a median of $75,740. In Illinois, $59,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.4% — not 21%.
Nominal pay gap
-21%
Illinois vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-16.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
- Median
- $59,840
- p25
- $44,290
- p75
- $79,800
- p10
- $35,810
- p90
- $104,720
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.