State comparison · 2025
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners salary: Massachusetts vs Tennessee
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners in Massachusetts earn a median of $75,740. In Tennessee, $52,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.5% — not 45.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+45.7%
Massachusetts vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+26.5%
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%
Tennessee
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
- Median
- $52,000
- p25
- $40,340
- p75
- $62,570
- p10
- $36,300
- p90
- $78,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.