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Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners vs Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants

Side-by-side · O*NET · BLS · AI-exposure research · Anthropic Economic Index

A factual, source-backed comparison of Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners and Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants on the dimensions both occupations carry. Every figure is a position within an independent published dataset — not a verdict on which job is better, safer, or more “future-proof.”

Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$59,440
$74,260
Employment · BLS OEWS
134,670
472,770
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
50th pct
83rd pct

At a glance

Dimension Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
Median pay $59,440 $74,260
Employment 134,670 472,770
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection About average (+4.8%) Declining (-1.6%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 15,500 50,000
Typical education · O*NET Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not. Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
AI exposure · published exposure studies Moderate · 50th pct High · 83rd pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 86th pct · 48% of tasks 91st pct · 54% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index Augmentation-leaning (45.4%) Augmentation-leaning (52.8%)
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman No Yes

Pay and employment are BLS OEWS estimates; outlook and openings are BLS 2024–2034 projections; AI exposure and observed-use figures come from separate research and reflect exposure and usage, not predictions that either job will disappear. Compare like with like.

Skills

Shared: Customer and Personal Service, English Language, Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Speaking, Oral Comprehension, Written Comprehension, Oral Expression, Written Expression, Speech Recognition, Critical Thinking, Social Perceptiveness, Coordination, Service Orientation, Problem Sensitivity, Deductive Reasoning, Time Management, Fluency of Ideas, Speech Clarity, Complex Problem Solving, Judgment and Decision Making, Originality, Inductive Reasoning, Near Vision, Writing, Monitoring, Persuasion, Administrative, Information Ordering, Administration and Management, Active Learning, Negotiation, Computers and Electronics, Category Flexibility, Selective Attention.

Specific to Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners

  • Communications and Media
  • Systems Analysis
  • Management of Personnel Resources
  • Public Safety and Security
  • Systems Evaluation

Specific to Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants

  • Perceptual Speed
  • Flexibility of Closure
  • Learning Strategies
  • Instructing
  • Mathematical Reasoning

Knowledge, skills & abilities O*NET rates as important for each occupation. “Shared” are common to both; the columns list what is distinctive to each (top by the order O*NET surfaces).

Tools & technology

Shared: Spreadsheet software , Office suite software , Electronic mail software , Presentation software , Graphics or photo imaging software , Desktop publishing software , Web page creation and editing software , Word processing software , Data base user interface and query software , Project management software , Customer relationship management CRM software , Cloud-based data access and sharing software , Video conferencing software .

Specific to Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners

Specific to Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners or Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants — tasks, the full skill graph, tools, work context, preparation, wages by percentile, industries, AI exposure and the AI work map.

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Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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Singulariki. "Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners vs Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/compare/meeting-convention-and-event-planners-vs-executive-secretaries-and-executive-administrative-assistants

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Singulariki. (2026). Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners vs Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/meeting-convention-and-event-planners-vs-executive-secretaries-and-executive-administrative-assistants

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