State comparison · 2025
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners salary: Mississippi vs New York
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners in New York earn a median of $74,730. In Mississippi, $44,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.8% — not 40.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-40.2%
Mississippi vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-25.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
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.