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Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners Salary in California

The median annual wage for Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners in California is $66,990 (May 2024 BLS OES). The mean (average) is $73,840.

Pay spans roughly $41,630 at the 10th percentile to $112,240 at the 90th, so experience and specialisation move this figure a lot. At the median that is about $32.21 per hour. An estimated 17,800 people work as meeting, convention, and event planners in California.

Median (annual)	$66,990
Mean (annual)	$73,840
Median (hourly)	$32.21
10th percentile	$41,630
90th percentile	$112,240
Employment	17,800

Updated 2026-07-23.

Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners in other areas

• Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners in Texas
• Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners in Florida
• Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners in New York
• Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
• Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
• Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners in Pennsylvania
• Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners in Illinois
• Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners in Ohio
• Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners in North Carolina
• Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners in Georgia
• Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
• Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners in Michigan
• Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners in New Jersey
• Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners in Virginia
• Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
• Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners in Massachusetts
• Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners in Washington
• Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners in Tennessee
• Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners in Indiana
• Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
• Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners in Arizona
• Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
• Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners in Wisconsin
• Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners in Minnesota

Other occupations in California

• Home Health and Personal Care Aides
• Fast Food and Counter Workers
• Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
• Retail Salespersons
• Cashiers
• Registered Nurses
• Office Clerks, General
• Software Developers
• General and Operations Managers
• Stockers and Order Fillers
• Waiters and Waitresses
• Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
• Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
• Security Guards
• Customer Service Representatives
• Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
• Accountants and Auditors
• Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive
• Business Operations Specialists, All Other
• First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers
• Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary
• Cooks, Restaurant
• Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
• Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel

Source: BLS OES May 2024 — bls.gov/oes. Checked 2026-07-23.