State comparison · 2025
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners salary: New York vs Tennessee
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners in New York earn a median of $74,730. In Tennessee, $52,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.4% — not 43.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+43.7%
New York vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+22.4%
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%
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.