State comparison · 2025
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners salary: Illinois vs New York
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners in New York earn a median of $74,730. In Illinois, $59,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.6% — not 19.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.9%
Illinois vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-13.6%
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%
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.