Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners

This post summarizes key statistics on Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners using nationally representative data. These statistics include education attainment distributions, income over the career, most common majors, and more.

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Income Over Career
Top Industries
Education Distribution
Top Majors
Weekly Hours Distribution

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Age	IncMed
20	8,643
25	43,216
30	56,704
35	61,795
40	62,663
45	67,192
50	56,646
55	63,855
60	57,260
65	45,202

EDUCATION	Share
Less Than High School Degree	1.4
High School Degree	8.5
Some College, No Degree	19.2
Associate's Degree	7.1
Bachelor's Degree	52.2
Master's Degree	10.5
Professional Degree (eg MD, PharmD, JD, etc)	0.5
PhD	0.5

Hours Worked	Share
0-20	13.80
20-39	14.60
39-41	49.10
41-50	16.60
50-60	4.50
More than 60	1.50

Income Over Career

This chart provides the median income by age for Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners.

Ten Most Common Industries

Share	Income	Industry
19.70	54,020	Business services, n.e.c.
12.70	43,216	Colleges and universities
7.40	59,421	Membership organizations, n.e.c.
6.30	39,093	Miscellaneous personal services
4.60	51,495	Hotels and motels
4.30	48,617	Miscellaneous entertainment and recreation services
4.00	54,020	Eating and drinking places
2.90	43,980	Miscellaneous professional and related services
2.30	79,408	Computer and data processing services
2.20	48,866	Real estate, including real estate-insurance offices

This table highlights the top industries people working as Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners work in, and how much they earn in each industry.

Education Distribution

This chart shows the maximal educational attainment of people working as Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners. Its meant to give a sense of the credentials required to work in this Occupation.

Ten Most Common Majors

Share	Major	Median Income
36.20	No 4-Year Degree	41,197
7.70	Communications	63,855
5.10	Hospitality Management	56,704
4.80	Marketing and Marketing Research	63,509
4.60	Business Management and Administration	51,922
3.10	General Business	67,975
2.50	Physical Fitness, Parks, Recreation, and Leisure	61,083
2.50	Psychology	65,971
2.40	English Language and Literature	58,705
1.90	Advertising and Public Relations	59,251

This table highlights the top majors people working as Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners received, and how earnings vary by major.

Weekly Hours Distribution

This chart shows the distribution of typical weekly work hours of people working as Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners. Its meant to provide a sense of the work-life balance one should expect from this Occupation.

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