State comparison · 2025
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners salary: New York vs Rhode Island
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners in New York earn a median of $74,730. In Rhode Island, $59,910. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.3% — not 24.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.7%
New York vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+18.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Rhode Island
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
- Median
- $59,910
- p25
- $45,760
- p75
- $65,570
- p10
- $36,400
- p90
- $96,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.