State comparison · 2025
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners salary: Kansas vs New York
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners in New York earn a median of $74,730. In Kansas, $54,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.1% — not 26.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-26.6%
Kansas vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-12.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
- Median
- $54,840
- p25
- $41,320
- p75
- $75,150
- p10
- $25,870
- p90
- $86,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.