How much do Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners make in Tucson, AZ?

Percentile spread

For Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners, the published 10th percentile is $32,980 and the 90th percentile is $76,600. The difference is $43,620, which is 86.1% 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 $39,730 to the 75th at $63,910, covers $24,180.

The mean annual wage is $54,730, which sits above the median of $50,690. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Tucson, AZ median is 17.1% lower than the national median of $61,160 for Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners. In 2024 national prices the local median is $52,314, which is 14.5% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 17.3% lower than the Arizona median of $61,330.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Tucson, AZ is 96.896, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $50,690 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners at $52,314 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners. Tucson, AZ ranks 2nd of 3 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).).

• Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ is 75 miles away, with a median of $61,380 and employment of 2,660. That median is 21.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $59,410, against $52,314 here.
• Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ is 179 miles away, with a median of $50,100 and employment of 50. That median is 1.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $50,990, against $52,314 here.

Employment share

Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners accounts for 0.08% of wage-and-salary employment in Tucson, AZ (330 of 389,630). Nationally the occupation is 0.09% of employment (142,860 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.92 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.