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Grows with AI
Meeting, convention, and event planners
Coordinate activities of staff, convention personnel, or clients to make arrangements for group meetings, events, or conventions.
More resilient than most: more resilient than 70% of the 831 careers we score. AI exposure is high (the Bureau of Labor Statistics rates it high), and US jobs are projected to change by +5.8% by 2035, faster than average. The work leans on emotional intelligence and creative vision.
AI can help with many of the tasks, and demand is still growing. Being fluent with AI is the edge here.
- Median pay (2025)
- $61,160
- Job growth to 2035
- +5.8%
- Openings a year
- 16,800
- People doing it (2025)
- 172,000
- Usual route in
- Bachelor's degree
Where people already use AI for this work
- Respond to customer problems or inquiries
- Evaluate the quality or accuracy of data
- Research organizational behavior, processes, or performance
From Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025).
Work AI rarely helps with
- Coordinate group, community, or public activities
- Authorize business activities or transactions
- Communicate with others about business strategies
What the work looks like
- Consult with customers to determine objectives and requirements for events, such as meetings, conferences, and conventions.
- Review event bills for accuracy and approve payment.
- Coordinate services for events, such as accommodation and transportation for participants, facilities, catering, signage, displays, special needs requirements, printing and event security.
- Arrange the availability of audio-visual equipment, transportation, displays, and other event needs.
- Confer with staff at a chosen event site to coordinate details.
From O*NET 31.0, US Department of Labor.
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Also known as: Conference Planning Manager, Conference Services Manager, Convention Services Manager (CSM), Events Manager, Catering Director, Conference Planner, Conference Services Director, Convention Services Director.
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Sources: US Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections 2025 to 2035; O*NET 31.0; Microsoft Research (2025); Anthropic Economic Index (2026); Eloundou and colleagues (Science, 2024); Felten, Raj and Seamans (2023). How we score. Updated 12 October 2026.