Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners in Illinois
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,444
after federal, FICA and Illinois tax
Tax takes
$12,396
20.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$47,994
Illinois costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Illinois — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$59,840
Kept after tax
$47,444
Worth in national money
$47,994
State rank
19
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Illinois is 19 of 50 states for this job, with a middle wage of $59,840. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 494 occupations Illinois reports figures for, this is number 274.
- No great distortion either way. Illinois costs about what the country costs, so from $59,840, take-home of $47,444 is worth roughly $47,994 in national money. The average comes to $65,040, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Illinois ranks 19 of 50 for meeting, convention, and event planners at $59,840. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- In Illinois's occupational distribution, meeting, convention, and event planners sits at 274 of 494 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Price parity in Illinois is near the national base, so for meeting, convention, and event planners, whose median is $59,840, the adjusted figure of $47,994 differs little from $47,444 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $65,040 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,810 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $59,840 |
| Top tenth earn over | $104,720 |
| This salary | $59,840 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Illinois | $47,444 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,261 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,729 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $56,334 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,510 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of meeting, convention, and event planners in Illinois earn under $59,840 and half over. The published range runs $35,810 at the tenth percentile to $104,720 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Illinois the take-home figure of $47,444, from $59,840, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 274 of 494 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $47,994 uses one figure for the whole of Illinois. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 494 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 274.
- Figures are distribution medians for meeting, convention, and event planners in Illinois, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $35,810 to $104,720; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for Illinois is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $47,444 from $59,840. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 274 of 494 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $47,994, worked from $59,840, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Illinois address, on work sitting at 274 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $65,040, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $35,810 at the bottom tenth to $104,720 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $47,994.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Illinois adds its own income tax on top — which is why $47,444 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Illinois is $65,040. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($35,810) and the ninetieth ($104,720) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Illinois's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $47,994 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $47,444 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Illinois income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.