Event consultant vs consultant

The differences between event consultants and consultants can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 1-2 years to become an event consultant, becoming a consultant takes usually requires 2-4 years. Additionally, a consultant has an average salary of $78,912, which is higher than the $74,259 average annual salary of an event consultant.

The top three skills for an event consultant include event logistics, event planning and event management. The most important skills for a consultant are customer service, strong analytical, and project management.

Event consultant vs consultant overview

	Event Consultant	Consultant
Yearly salary	$74,259	$78,912
Hourly rate	$35.70	$37.94
Growth rate	18%	11%
Number of jobs	20,095	171,733
Job satisfaction	-	4
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 74%	Bachelor's Degree, 64%
Average age	38	44
Years of experience	2	4

Event consultant vs consultant salary

Event consultants and consultants have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Event Consultant	Consultant
Average salary	$74,259	$78,912
Salary range	Between $45,000 And $121,000	Between $58,000 And $107,000
Highest paying City	-	Washington, DC
Highest paying state	-	New Jersey
Best paying company	-	L.E.K. Consulting
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between event consultant and consultant education

There are a few differences between an event consultant and a consultant in terms of educational background:

	Event Consultant	Consultant
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 74%	Bachelor's Degree, 64%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	San Diego State University	Northwestern University

Event consultant vs consultant demographics

Here are the differences between event consultants' and consultants' demographics:

	Event Consultant	Consultant
Average age	38	44
Gender ratio	Male, 25.1% Female, 74.9%	Male, 58.4% Female, 41.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.3% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 16.2% Asian, 5.9% White, 61.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	Black or African American, 7.8% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 8.7% Asian, 13.8% White, 65.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	16%	12%

Differences between event consultant and consultant duties and responsibilities

Event consultant example responsibilities.

Manage and mentor team of alliances coordinators and business development representatives.
Conduct all research and obtain the required information as mandated in the RFP.
Track event metrics and attendees, and assist in preparing post-event analysis defining impact and overall ROI.
Execute audience marketing, list research, events logistics, ROI evaluation, research speakers, topics, and trends.
Implement VIP service for company principals and elite members regarding special housing, transportation, lifestyle, and dietary needs.
Execute responsibilities as a team lead to create theme events that provide a VIP experience for private high net worth clients.

Consultant example responsibilities.

Lead IIS tuning to get the maximum through put.
Manage daily data operations and customer support for SaaS web application products in Linux.
Manage several contractors in the development and coding of DB2 interface programs, as well as modification of the package software.
Manage operational incidents and changes to consistently meet SLA compliance
Introduce Jenkins to help automate manual deployments to multiple environments.
Design and code windows service to automate NRA applications email distribution.

Event consultant vs consultant skills

Common event consultant skills

Event Logistics, 16%
Event Planning, 14%
Event Management, 7%
Venue Selection, 6%
Audio Visual, 5%
Trade Shows, 4%

Common consultant skills

Customer Service, 10%
Strong Analytical, 7%
Project Management, 6%
C++, 5%
C #, 5%
Java, 5%