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Meeting Planner—Career
Opportunities
 The
Chicagoland area is the second largest meeting planner employer in the nation,
thanks to the dozens of associations that call Chicago home, including the
American Bar Association, American Dental Association, American Medical
Association and the National Association of Realtors.
Chicago
hosts some of the largest conventions generating billions of dollars in
revenue, which increases employment in nearly every aspect of the meeting/special
events industry. Employment is expected to continue to grow faster than the
average for all occupations over the 2004-14 period. Figures from the U.S.
Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics show the median annual earnings
of meeting and convention planners in May 2006 were $45,580.
More information about the
Meeting Planner Program | 
