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fastest growing meeting convention planner

10-year job growth: 43.7%

Median pay: $56,500

While growth among corporate meeting planners is slow currently -- especially in the senior ranks, where there have been layoffs -- there's plenty of potential in event planning for the hotel and convention fields.

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Source: All pay data from PayScale.com
Note: We looked at jobs from the top 100 with the highest 2010-2020 growth rate. When there were multiple job titles from the same "job family," we selected the job with the highest median pay.

@CNNMoney - Last updated November 05 2012 04:33 PM ET

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