How much money does a wedding planner earn?

How Much a Wedding Planner is Paid

Wedding planners are generally independent business people, so they don't collect salaries.

Planners often charge a percentage of the cost of the wedding.

More information from others:

• According to Salary.com, the median expected salary for a typical Meeting/Event Planner in the United States is $51,262. (This basic market pricing report was prepared using their Certified Compensation Professionals' analysis of survey data collected from thousands of HR departments at employers of all sizes, industries and geographies.)

• Most wedding planners are self-employed. They charge an engaged couple a set fee or a percentage of the total cost of the wedding. So their income can vary greatly, depending on how many clients they have and how elaborate the weddings are.

• Wedding Planners are just like any other profession. You can get one's from 500.00 to $500,000.00. Depends on what you want. Best bet is to sit down before you look for a planner and see what you can afford. Also get a list of clients they have worked for prior, and call them. Also some local better buisiness agencies will have both positive and negative reports of these types of business.  As I have said many times before, wedding planning is a self employed career, it all depends on how successful your business is. At first it can be hard to make ends meet with a new business but you can make a good amount of money once you get going.

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It isn't one of those jobs that you clock in and make a flat rate. You work a deal with someone and you are paid whatever you and the customer can negotiate. If you are a wedding planner to the stars you might be able to charge hundreds of thousands of dollars. If you're just starting out you might be lucky to get a couple hundred dollars.

It isn't just a matter of how good you are, it's also a function of how good others PERECEIVE that you are.

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It normally takes three years to establish a wedding consulting bussiness, and five years to become profitable.

If you work on thirty weddings in a year at an average rate of $1,500 per wedding, you can expect to earn $45,000 in a year. If you work alone on a full-time basis,you can service about 40 weddings a year, providing nine man-days per wedding. To increase revenues, other wedding coordinators provide extra services such as printing invitations, selling accessories or renting tuxedos.

The wedding business is seasonal. The months of September, October, June and August are traditionally the busiest months. Winter months are slow; except if you are in a tropical country where December is also a busy wedding month.

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