The annual salary statistics of urban and regional planners in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania is shown in Table 1. The wage data of urban and regional planners in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington 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 | $48,920 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $58,500 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $74,980 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $90,330 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $106,840 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for urban and regional planners in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $106,840. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $74,980. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $48,920.
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 | $74,980 | -3.08% | 18.32% |
| 2021 | $77,290 | -5.51% | - |
| 2020 | $81,550 | 2.19% | - |
| 2019 | $79,760 | 2.92% | - |
| 2018 | $77,430 | 6.87% | - |
| 2017 | $72,110 | 9.32% | - |
| 2016 | $65,390 | 1.80% | - |
| 2015 | $64,210 | 4.97% | - |
| 2014 | $61,020 | -4.20% | - |
| 2013 | $63,580 | 3.68% | - |
| 2012 | $61,240 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $74,980 in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington is in the middle of salary range for urban and regional planners in state of Pennsylvania. In comparison, the annual salary of urban and regional planners in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington is 2.2 percent (2.2%) lower than that in the highest paying Newark-Union and 43.6 percent (43.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying East Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area.