How much do Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners make in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA?

Percentile spread

For Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners, the published 10th percentile is $36,400 and the 90th percentile is $97,880. The difference is $61,480, which is 102.6% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $46,800 to the 75th at $71,440, covers $24,640.

The mean annual wage is $62,850, which sits above the median of $59,910. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Providence-Warwick, RI-MA median is 2% lower than the national median of $61,160 for Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners. In 2024 national prices the local median is $58,866, which is 3.8% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Rhode Island median of $59,910.

Providence-Warwick, RI-MA covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Rhode Island, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Providence-Warwick, RI-MA is 101.773, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $59,910 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners at $58,866 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

18 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners. Providence-Warwick, RI-MA ranks 15th of 19 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT is 45 miles away, with a median of $59,340 and employment of 80. That median is 1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $59,077, against $58,866 here.
• Worcester, MA is 54 miles away, with a median of $64,910 and employment of 300. That median is 8.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $63,313, against $58,866 here.
• Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH is 58 miles away, with a median of $78,010 and employment of 3,650. That median is 30.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $72,054, against $58,866 here.

Employment share

Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners accounts for 0.14% of wage-and-salary employment in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA (1,030 of 714,120). Nationally the occupation is 0.09% of employment (142,860 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.57 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.