Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners

Business, Management and Administration In demand
Coordinate activities of staff, convention personnel, or clients to make arrangements for group meetings, events, or conventions.

What a meeting, convention, and event planner does

Become a meeting, convention, and event planner

If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good meeting, convention, and event planner

  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
  • Reading work related information.
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
  • Changing what is done based on other people's actions.
  • Looking for ways to help people.

Discover what you could earn in Washington

  • Average hourly rate is $31 per hour with an average salary of $64,700 per year.
  • Half of workers earn between $22 and $38 per hour.
  • Half of workers earn an annual salary between $46,400 and $79,400 per year.

Meeting, Convention, And Event Planner job outlook

  • There are 2,566 workers in this occupation in Washington.
  • There are 755 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.

Growth rate by year

Education needed

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

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