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wedding planner

Wedding planners assist with all logistical details required concerning their client's wedding ceremony. Based on their client's requirements, they make arrangements for floral decorations, wedding venue and catering, guest invitations, etc., coordinating activities both before and during the wedding.

wedding planner wedding planners assist with all logistical details required concerning their client's wedding ceremony. Based on their client's requirements, they make arrangements for floral decorations, wedding venue and catering, guest invitations, etc. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.50 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include guarantee customer satisfaction, carry out event management, communicate with customers, manage schedule of tasks, coordinate events.

AI exposure
5.0/10
automation risk

Pay in the UK

UK: median £32,163 a year for Events managers and organisers (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)

Middle half of full-time jobs: £27,554 to £41,072 a year

UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 3557). ONS rates this estimate reasonably precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)

Pay in India (occupation group)

Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Technicians and associate professionals” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only wedding planner, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.

Urban India
₹31,909 a month
Rural India
₹18,966 a month
All India
₹26,175 a month

Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 3. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report

Top skills

guarantee customer satisfaction carry out event management communicate with customers manage schedule of tasks coordinate events manage budgets select event providers maintain relationship with suppliers inspect event facilities supervise event staff

Knowledge you'll build

  • Customer and Personal Service
  • English Language
  • Communications and Media
  • Administrative
  • Administration and Management
  • Computers and Electronics
  • Public Safety and Security
  • Law and Government

What you'd actually do

  • Consult with customers to determine objectives and requirements for events, such as meetings, conferences, and conventions.
  • Review event bills for accuracy and approve payment.
  • Coordinate services for events, such as accommodation and transportation for participants, facilities, catering, signage, displays, special needs requirements, printing and event security.
  • Arrange the availability of audio-visual equipment, transportation, displays, and other event needs.
  • Confer with staff at a chosen event site to coordinate details.
  • Inspect event facilities to ensure that they conform to customer requirements.

Tools & technology you'd use

Microsoft Excel hot Microsoft Office software hot Microsoft Outlook hot Microsoft PowerPoint hot Microsoft Word hot Adobe Creative Cloud software hot Adobe InDesign hot Adobe Photoshop hot ESRI ArcGIS software hot Facebook hot Google Docs hot Hypertext markup language HTML hot

Frequently asked questions

What does wedding planner do?

Wedding planners assist with all logistical details required concerning their client's wedding ceremony. Based on their client's requirements, they make arrangements for floral decorations, wedding venue and catering, guest invitations, etc., coordinating activities both before and during the wedding.

What skills does wedding planner need?

The most in-demand skills for this role include guarantee customer satisfaction, carry out event management, communicate with customers, manage schedule of tasks, coordinate events, manage budgets. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Will AI replace wedding planner?

Our AI-durability model gives wedding planner a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.

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