State comparison · 2025
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners salary: Iowa vs Massachusetts
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners in Massachusetts earn a median of $75,740. In Iowa, $51,750. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.7% — not 31.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-31.7%
Iowa vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-17.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
- Median
- $51,750
- p25
- $43,770
- p75
- $64,620
- p10
- $36,100
- p90
- $78,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.