State comparison · 2025
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners salary: Iowa vs New York
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners in New York earn a median of $74,730. In Iowa, $51,750. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.9% — not 30.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-30.8%
Iowa vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-14.9%
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
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.