Meeting Planners: Job, Salary, and School Information from The Riley Guide

Meeting Planners

Career and Education Info

Job Numbers and Growth

There are about 51,000 meeting planners in the United States. Unemployment for this occupation is low when compared to other careers.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

14% of employees work on a part-time basis. 6% of the time, people working as meeting planners are their own boss.

Training and Education

If you want to pursue this career, you will benefit from having a bachelor's degree. The percentage of employees with a 4 year degree is 67%. According to 2008 data 22% of meeting planners have attended college, but do not have a degree. Among workers, 11% have a high-school diploma, but no college education. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.

Area Job Conditions

Jobs for this occupation are most common in Brockton (Massachusetts), Washington (District of Columbia), and Hot Springs (Arkansas), but are rarer in Omaha (Nebraska), Knoxville (Tennessee), and Little Rock (Arkansas).

Meeting planners are paid comparatively more in Bridgeport (Connecticut), New York (New York), and San Francisco (California) and comparatively less in Killeen (Texas), Shreveport (Louisiana), and Sioux Falls (South Dakota).

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Meeting Planners: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Meeting Planners, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Meeting Planners are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Meeting Planners are starred .

State	Area	Positions	Typical Pay	Popularity in Area
Alabama	Birmingham	100	$37,380	0.5
Alaska	Anchorage	30	$44,380	0.5
Arizona	Phoenix	750	$46,100	1.1
Arizona	Tucson	110	$44,340	0.8
Arkansas	Hot Springs	40	$35,730	3.4
Arkansas	Little Rock	30	$42,330	0.2
California	Fresno	40	$36,080	0.3
California	Oakland	270	$55,250	0.7
California	Oxnard	70	$40,280	0.6
California	Riverside	230	$48,930	0.5
California	Sacramento	330	$51,310	1
California	Salinas	60	$45,050	1.1
California	San Diego	650	$46,170	1.3
California	San Francisco	840	$58,580	2.2
California	San Jose	260	$54,430	0.8
California	San Luis Obispo	70	$50,360	2
California	Santa Ana	820	$49,660	1.4
California	Santa Barbara	40	$45,070	0.7
California	Santa Cruz	70	$31,800	2.3
California	Santa Rosa	110	$56,120	1.7
Colorado	Boulder	80	$42,630	1.4
Colorado	Colorado Springs	160	$40,230	1.7
Colorado	Denver	640	$46,680	1.4
Colorado	Fort Collins	50	$36,590	1.2
Connecticut	Bridgeport	280	$64,180	1.7
Connecticut	Hartford	140	$46,430	0.6
Connecticut	New Haven	60	$55,320	0.6
Connecticut	Norwich	40	$51,140	0.9
Delaware	Wilmington	200	$50,010	1.7
District of Columbia	Washington	3,260	$55,020	3.8
Florida	Cape Coral	40	$46,160	0.5
Florida	Deltona	40	$51,180	0.7
Florida	Fort Lauderdale	390	$50,290	1.4
Florida	Jacksonville	380	$41,100	1.7
Florida	Miami	340	$46,920	0.9
Florida	Naples	60	$46,600	1.4
Florida	Orlando	860	$38,790	2.2
Florida	Palm Bay	40	$34,530	0.6
Florida	Pensacola	40	$46,210	0.8
Florida	Sarasota	40	$44,270	0.4
Florida	Tallahassee	90	$51,400	1.6
Florida	Tampa	730	$40,300	1.6
Florida	West Palm Beach	120	$47,400	0.6
Georgia	Athens	60	$32,540	2.4
Georgia	Atlanta	1,500	$47,260	1.7
Georgia	Augusta	40	$25,860	0.5
Georgia	Columbus	30	$40,330	0.8
Georgia	Savannah	80	$40,110	1.5
Hawaii	Honolulu	140	$51,620	0.9
Idaho	Boise	40	$35,980	0.4
Illinois	Bloomington	50	$38,880	2.1
Illinois	Chicago	2,110	$51,330	1.5
Illinois	Springfield	40	$54,700	1.1
Indiana	Evansville	40	$35,220	0.6
Indiana	Indianapolis	360	$43,570	1.1
Iowa	Davenport	40	$37,000	0.6
Iowa	Des Moines	180	$48,250	1.5
Iowa	Dubuque	40	$38,820	2.4
Kansas	Lawrence	40	$36,150	2.7
Kansas	Wichita	50	$38,120	0.4
Kentucky	Lexington	70	$40,090	0.8
Kentucky	Louisville	120	$43,740	0.5
Louisiana	Baton Rouge	50	$37,500	0.4
Louisiana	New Orleans	130	$45,480	0.7
Louisiana	Shreveport	30	$29,290	0.5
Maine	Portland	60	$35,110	0.8
Maryland	Baltimore	510	$51,930	1
Maryland	Bethesda	510	$53,610	2.4
Massachusetts	Barnstable Town	40	$42,050	1.2
Massachusetts	Boston	1,530	$51,450	2.4
Massachusetts	Brockton	140	$46,060	4.6
Massachusetts	Framingham	130	$57,090	2.2
Massachusetts	Springfield	80	$53,550	0.7
Massachusetts	Worcester	90	$63,390	1
Michigan	Ann Arbor	130	$44,000	2.2
Michigan	Detroit	230	$45,950	0.9
Michigan	Grand Rapids	70	$44,180	0.5
Michigan	Lansing	140	$35,820	2
Michigan	Saginaw	40	$35,460	1.6
Michigan	Warren	240	$46,240	0.6
Minnesota	Minneapolis	840	$46,010	1.2
Minnesota	Rochester	30	$44,300	0.9
Mississippi	Gulfport	30	$48,430	0.8
Mississippi	Jackson	60	$48,420	0.6
Missouri	Kansas City	400	$47,690	1
Missouri	St Louis	400	$47,550	0.8
Montana	Billings	40	$31,540	1.5
Nebraska	Lincoln	50	$32,590	0.9
Nebraska	Omaha	50	$43,500	0.3
Nevada	Las Vegas	390	$51,710	1.1
Nevada	Reno	110	$50,420	1.5
New Jersey	Atlantic City	90	$49,090	1.7
New Jersey	Camden	110	$48,160	0.6
New Jersey	Edison	410	$51,650	1.1
New Jersey	Newark	310	$51,200	0.8
New Jersey	Trenton	100	$48,500	1.3
New Mexico	Albuquerque	80	$38,770	0.6
New York	Albany	190	$52,900	1.2
New York	Buffalo	100	$45,650	0.5
New York	Ithaca	30	$45,940	2.2
New York	Nassau	520	$52,280	1.1
New York	New York	3,380	$59,170	1.8
New York	Poughkeepsie	110	$44,060	1.3
New York	Rochester	170	$43,880	0.9
New York	Syracuse	60	$41,490	0.5
North Carolina	Asheville	80	$40,230	1.3
North Carolina	Charlotte	270	$43,410	0.8
North Carolina	Durham	110	$48,190	1.1
North Carolina	Greensboro	60	$36,700	0.4
North Carolina	Raleigh	180	$41,470	0.9
North Carolina	Wilmington	40	$39,740	0.8
North Carolina	Winston Salem	70	$45,170	0.9
Ohio	Akron	110	$34,650	0.9
Ohio	Cincinnati	210	$43,440	0.5
Ohio	Cleveland	300	$41,590	0.8
Ohio	Columbus	260	$44,080	0.7
Ohio	Dayton	50	$41,890	0.3
Ohio	Toledo	50	$34,560	0.4
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	120	$32,180	0.6
Oklahoma	Tulsa	90	$32,970	0.6
Oregon	Bend	30	$41,660	1.3
Oregon	Eugene	70	$34,570	1.3
Oregon	Portland	390	$42,340	1
Oregon	Salem	40	$39,750	0.8
Pennsylvania	Allentown	60	$39,640	0.5
Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	140	$38,930	1.2
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	910	$47,880	1.3
Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh	300	$40,700	0.7
Pennsylvania	Reading	80	$46,410	1.4
Pennsylvania	State College	60	$40,660	3.3
Pennsylvania	York	50		0.8
Rhode Island	Providence	180	$46,170	0.9
South Carolina	Charleston	130	$39,560	1.2
South Carolina	Greenville	120	$41,090	1.1
South Carolina	Myrtle Beach	70	$34,530	1.7
South Dakota	Rapid City	30	$30,380	1.4
South Dakota	Sioux Falls	80	$27,720	1.6
Tennessee	Chattanooga	50	$39,100	0.6
Tennessee	Knoxville	30	$34,750	0.2
Tennessee	Memphis	160	$45,030	0.7
Tennessee	Nashville	170	$46,960	0.6
Texas	Austin	420	$49,600	1.5
Texas	Corpus Christi	70	$30,290	1.1
Texas	Dallas	760	$47,210	1
Texas	El Paso	30	$41,870	0.3
Texas	Fort Worth	240	$42,200	0.7
Texas	Houston	810	$48,420	0.8
Texas	Killeen	40	$25,550	1
Texas	San Antonio	290	$44,100	0.9
Texas	Waco	40	$37,760	1.2
Utah	Provo	50	$35,670	0.8
Utah	Salt Lake City	180	$52,790	0.8
Vermont	Burlington	70	$40,820	1.8
Virginia	Charlottesville	100	$34,950	3.1
Virginia	Harrisonburg	40	$46,780	2.3
Virginia	Richmond	230	$53,270	1
Virginia	Virginia Beach	310	$42,640	1.1
Washington	Bellingham	30	$49,180	1.1
Washington	Seattle	720	$46,420	1.3
Washington	Spokane	30	$45,400	0.4
Washington	Tacoma	60	$47,920	0.6
West Virginia	Wheeling	50	$34,570	2.4
Wisconsin	Madison	200	$40,350	1.6
Wisconsin	Milwaukee	270	$38,070	0.9

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