State comparison · 2025
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners salary: Massachusetts vs Mississippi
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners in Massachusetts earn a median of $75,740. In Mississippi, $44,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 39.4% — not 69.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+69.5%
Massachusetts vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+39.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Mississippi
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
- Median
- $44,680
- p25
- $33,860
- p75
- $56,450
- p10
- $27,370
- p90
- $73,150
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.