The annual salary statistics of urban and regional planners in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of urban and regional planners in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $64,190 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $80,430 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $102,060 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $120,190 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $133,340 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for urban and regional planners in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $133,340. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $102,060. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $64,190.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of urban and regional planners from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $102,060 | 2.91% | 14.61% |
| 2021 | $99,090 | 10.55% | - |
| 2020 | $88,640 | -1.97% | - |
| 2019 | $90,390 | 1.24% | - |
| 2018 | $89,270 | -2.09% | - |
| 2017 | $91,140 | 4.38% | - |
| 2016 | $87,150 | 9.31% | - |
| 2015 | $79,040 | -10.26% | - |
| 2012 | $87,150 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $102,060 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is in the middle of salary range for urban and regional planners in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of urban and regional planners in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is 20.1 percent (20.1%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 28.6 percent (28.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area.