The annual salary statistics of urban and regional planners in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of urban and regional planners in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario 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 | $64,030 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $79,550 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $97,700 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $109,880 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $128,680 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for urban and regional planners in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $128,680. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $97,700. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $64,030.
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 | $97,700 | 8.33% | 25.38% |
| 2021 | $89,560 | -5.43% | - |
| 2020 | $94,420 | -0.84% | - |
| 2019 | $95,210 | 5.06% | - |
| 2018 | $90,390 | 5.62% | - |
| 2017 | $85,310 | 3.50% | - |
| 2016 | $82,320 | 3.27% | - |
| 2015 | $79,630 | -0.23% | - |
| 2014 | $79,810 | 5.53% | - |
| 2013 | $75,400 | 3.32% | - |
| 2012 | $72,900 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $97,700 in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario 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 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario is 23.5 percent (23.5%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 25.4 percent (25.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area.