To do this, Rare Carat leveraged data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics to gage five occupations central to the wedding industry—event planners, jewelers, florists, photographers, and bakers—to asses things like average annual pay and employment per 100,000 jobs.
“New York came in as the No. 1 wedding industry state overall, with top employment and wage scores for event planners, jewelers and photographers, despite landing in the middle of the pack for florists. Pennsylvania ranks so-so in the number 24 spot. Nevertheless, that’s obviously still better than the bottom five states which were, in descending order: New Mexico, Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and West Virginia.