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11 of the Fastest-Growing Jobs in America

Find Out Which Jobs Will Be In Demand By 2020

4. Meeting/Event Planner

MEETING/EVENT PLANNER
Expected increase in jobs: 43.7%
Median annual salary: $55,812

Are you meticulous? Are you constantly attending professional and personal events and thinking "I could've planned things better?" Well, you're not alone since the BLS is predicting more than 31,000 new event planner positions will be created by 2020. 

A professional event planner is the point person for things like weddings, parties, and corporate events of varying scale. They take care of choosing and booking a location, entertainment, food and drink selection and all other details. Working either independently or as part of an agency, event planners take the burden off the group responsible for hosting the event, all the while staying under budget.

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