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Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners

Organizes weddings, conferences, concerts and other events.

Typical education to startBachelor's degree
Job outlook2025–2035: +6%
Median pay$61,160 a year (2025)
Interest codeECS Enterprising, Conventional, Social

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Event planners find venues, manage budgets, book vendors, coordinate schedules and keep everything on track on the day. They work for hotels, companies, universities, nonprofits and their own businesses.

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High school courses that build toward it

  • English 10 · English

    Builds reading and writing, which this job uses.

  • Entrepreneurship · Career and Technical

    Builds business management, which this job uses.

  • Computer Science Principles · Computer Science

    Builds computers and electronics, which this job uses.

  • Physical Education · Health and PE

    Builds working with customers and clients, which this job uses.

  • Statistics · Math

    Builds math, which this job uses.

  • Photography · Arts

    Builds communication and media skills, which this job uses.

Ranked by how much the job relies on what each course teaches, from O*NET's knowledge ratings. Your school's own courses and the counselor have the final word.

Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners on O*NET OnLine · O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections 2025.