Salary Survey 2022

The effects of Covid on the meetings industry still might be lingering, but there's clear recovery in one important metric: planner salaries. According to the 2022 Northstar Meetings Group/Meetingjobs-Cadre Salary Survey, average pay increased 6 percent this year compared with the 2020 Salary Survey, which was based on respondents' 2019 earnings.

Get all the details from the research in this exclusive guide based on responses from 601 event professionals. Among the details:

• Planners are now earning an average base salary of $92,280, compared with 2019's $87,251.
• More than half (55 percent) of the respondents to the 2022 survey didn't change jobs during the pandemic.
• Thirty-four percent were able to stay afloat with government assistance.
• The gender pay gap has gotten wider: Female meeting planners earn slightly more than 81 cents to the male dollar, down from 84 cents in 2019.

Download the guide to learn more about meeting planners' current working lives.