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Will AI Replace Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners?
Task-level automation exposure for Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners: 21 O*NET tasks scored against their work activities, plus the simulator.
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50%
weighted task index
21 of 21 tasks scored
Median Salary
$61,160 / year
BLS OEWS, May 2025 — this exact occupation
Employment Level
High
142,860 people hold this job — size, not growth
Projected 2025–35
+5.8%
employment change
16,800 openings a year · BLS line item
Pay by state
BLS OEWS publishes 52 state estimates for this occupation. Each is its own survey estimate, not the national median adjusted for local prices.
$28,400 – $76,970
Highest medians
District of Columbia $76,970
Massachusetts $75,740
New York $74,730
Hawaii $74,460
Vermont $74,310
Lowest medians
Puerto Rico $28,400
West Virginia $35,760
Mississippi $44,680
South Dakota $47,050
Oklahoma $48,990
State figures come from the 13-1121 row in the May 2025 state panel. States where the estimate was suppressed or too small to publish are absent.
What the score is made of
Each task is mapped to its work activities, scored for AI automation potential, and weighted by how important those activities are to the job. These are the components.
Automation potential 50%
Importance-weighted mean of the scored tasks. This is the headline index.
Physical work 0%
Share of weighted tasks in hands-on or machine-operating work activities.
Judgment & influence 31%
Share in analysis, decisions, teaching, directing, advising, or caring for others.
Routine administration 6%
Share in documenting, recording, and administrative activities.
Rewritten by O*NET 8%
Share of weighted tasks O*NET rewrote in a recent update. Reported, not folded into the score.
Consequence of error 0/100
Low
O*NET's own rating of how serious an uncorrectable mistake would be here — respondents, not us. Deliberately not in the index: the score measures what AI can do with the task content, and multiplying it by stakes would be our judgment dressed as data.
Constituent Task Mix
21 tasks for this occupation, weighted by work-activity importance. Shares below are of total task weight, not task count.
High exposure (≥ 60% of the task is automatable) 27%
6 tasks
Medium exposure (≥ 35%) 67%
14 tasks
Low exposure (below 35%) 5%
1 tasks
How would you survive?
Move your week away from the high-exposure tasks and toward the ones that need judgment. The simulator recalculates the index as you shift the mix.
Simulate Upskilling →Emerging & rewritten tasks
Tasks O*NET added or rewrote for this occupation in its recent updates (05/2025 – 08/2026), with who proposed them. Additions are not in the scored task inventory — they are new work O*NET is still measuring, so they appear here and nowhere in the index. A Revision replaces a task that is scored, which is why only those move the "Rewritten by O*NET" share.
- Revision 07/2016 · Incumbent
Contact potential clients, meet with professional and trade associations, and produce brochures and other publications to promote conference, convention, and trade show services.
Replaced: Promote conference, convention and trades show services by performing tasks such as meeting with professional and trade associations, and producing brochures and other publications.
- Revision 07/2016 · Incumbent
Plan and develop programs, agendas, budgets, menus, and services according to customer requirements.
Replaced: Plan and develop programs, agendas, budgets, and services according to customer requirements.
Constituent Tasks
#1209 · Core · 72% automatable
Consult with customers to determine objectives and requirements for events, such as meetings, conferences, and conventions.
text generation — Written correspondence to customers is largely automatable
Correspond with customers to answer questions or resolve complaints.
#1212 · Core · 57% automatable
Review event bills for accuracy and approve payment.
data analysis — Cross-checking records against criteria, human spot-checks
Verify accuracy of records. Authorize financial actions.
#1214 · Core · 40% automatable
Coordinate services for events, such as accommodation and transportation for participants, facilities, catering, signage, displays, special needs requirements, printing and event security.
decision support — Planning aided; on-site execution is human
Organize special events.
#1215 · Core · 40% automatable
Arrange the availability of audio-visual equipment, transportation, displays, and other event needs.
decision support — Planning aided; on-site execution is human
Organize special events.
#1211 · Core · 45% automatable
Confer with staff at a chosen event site to coordinate details.
interpersonal — Business operations coordination is live and relational
Confer with personnel to coordinate business operations.
#1216 · Core · 22% automatable
Inspect event facilities to ensure that they conform to customer requirements.
visual inspection — Physical spec verification of facilities/equipment
Inspect facilities or equipment to ensure specifications are met.
#1217 · Core · 82% automatable
Maintain records of event aspects, including financial details.
text generation — Standard financial documents drafted from data
Prepare financial documents.
#1210 · Core · 65% automatable
Monitor event activities to ensure compliance with applicable regulations and laws, satisfaction of participants, and resolution of any problems that arise.
decision support — AI tracks regulatory compliance across documents
Monitor organizational compliance with regulations.
#1219 · Core · 35% automatable
Negotiate contracts with such service providers and suppliers as hotels, convention centers, and speakers.
interpersonal — Contract negotiation needs mandate and accountability
Negotiate contracts with clients or service providers.
#1222 · Core · 42% automatable
Evaluate and select providers of services according to customer requirements.
interpersonal — Live interview judgment and rapport; AI can only screen
Conduct eligibility or selection interviews.
#1213 · Core · 55% automatable
Revision
Plan and develop programs, agendas, budgets, and services according to customer requirements.
text generation — Business plans drafted; human owns assumptions and risk
Develop financial or business plans.
#1226 · Core · 40% automatable
Hire, train, and supervise volunteers and support staff required for events.
interpersonal — Job-skill training content AI-assisted; coaching human
Train personnel to enhance job skills. Supervise employees.
#1218 · Core · 42% automatable
Conduct post-event evaluations to determine how future events could be improved.
interpersonal — Organizational surveys need human access and trust
Conduct surveys in organizations.
#1221 · Core · 40% automatable
Direct administrative details, such as financial operations, dissemination of promotional materials, and responses to inquiries.
interpersonal — Overseeing business processes requires human accountability
Oversee business processes.
#1220 · Core · 48% automatable
Meet with sponsors and organizing committees to plan scope and format of events, to establish and monitor budgets, or to review administrative procedures and event progress.
decision support — Financial conferral aided; judgment and trust human
Confer with others about financial matters. Organize special events.
#1223 · Core · 78% automatable
Read trade publications, attend seminars, and consult with other meeting professionals to keep abreast of meeting management standards and trends.
information retrieval — AI surfaces updates; human internalizes knowledge
Update professional knowledge.
#1224 · Supplemental · 40% automatable
Organize registration of event participants.
decision support — Planning aided; on-site execution is human
Organize special events.
#1229 · Supplemental · 40% automatable
Develop event topics and choose featured speakers.
decision support — Planning aided; on-site execution is human
Organize special events.
#1228 · Supplemental · 66% automatable
Revision
Promote conference, convention and trades show services by performing tasks such as meeting with professional and trade associations, and producing brochures and other publications.
text generation — Drafts copy and concepts; brand judgment and final polish human
Create marketing materials. Market products, services, or events.
#1225 · Supplemental · 66% automatable
Design and implement efforts to publicize events and promote sponsorships.
text generation — Drafts copy and concepts; brand judgment and final polish human
Create marketing materials. Market products, services, or events.
#1227 · Supplemental · 55% automatable
Obtain permits from fire and health departments to erect displays and exhibits and serve food at events.
information retrieval — Documentation research aided; formal filing human
Obtain documentation to authorize activities.
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How this was scored
- 1. Tasks. O*NET task statements for this occupation, from a release whose newest record is dated 08/2026.
- 2. Work activities. Each task maps to 1–5 Detailed Work Activities; each activity belongs to one of 41 Generalized Work Activities that O*NET rates for importance (1–5) in this occupation.
- 3. Automation potential. Every work activity carries one score for how far current AI can perform it end-to-end. Tasks inherit the mean of their activities.
- 4. Weighting. Task weight = 0.35 + 0.65 × (importance − 1)/4, scaled by how often the task is performed and by 0.7 for Supplemental tasks. Importance is the task's own O*NET rating where it exists (18,369 of 18,838 tasks); the rest inherit their work activities' importance. The index is the weighted mean.
Check: across the 910 occupations where O*NET also rates how far machine speed sets the pace, this index moves opposite to it (Spearman ρ = -0.49). The more a job is paced by equipment, the less of its task content AI can address — the relationship you would expect if the scoring is working.
Sources · O*NET 31.0 (task records to 08/2026) · BLS OEWS May 2025 · BLS projections 2025-2035 · rubric v2.1 · tasks for O*NET, not a forecast
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