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Urban and Regional Planners
Develop comprehensive plans and programs for use of land and physical facilities of jurisdictions, such as towns, cities, counties, and metropolitan areas.
What an urban and regional planner does
Become an urban and regional planner
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good urban and regional planner
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
- Talking to others.
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.
- Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Typical hourly rate is $53 per hour with a typical salary of $104,400 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $42 and $64 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $65,800 and $119,700 per year.
- 72% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.
Part-time
- The typical hourly rate for part-time workers is $66 per hour with a typical salary of $80,500 per year.
- 15.8% of individuals in this occupation worked part-time during the past year.
Urban And Regional Planner job outlook
- There are 2,557 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 281 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.
Multiple Jobs
- 1% of individuals in this occupation worked for more than one employer.
- 8% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.