Urban planning majors have a hard time finding a job right out of college. Graduates with an urban planning degree are entering a strange job market and it can be hard to find your first job in urban planning. To make finding a job easier, Zippia scanned through 4,874 urban planning major resumes to identify the jobs urban planning majors most prefer.

Highest-Paying Jobs With a Urban Planning Degree

  1. Starting Salary
    $53,000
    Job openings
    253,138
    Job Description:
    Management analysts, often called management consultants, propose ways to improve the efficiency of an organization. They advise managers on how to make organizations more profitable through reduced costs and increased revenues.
  2. Starting Salary
    $51,000
    Job openings
    13,753
    Top Locations:
    New York, NY;  Hampstead, MD;  Los Angeles, CA;  
    Job Description:
    Material recording clerks track product information in order to keep businesses and supply chains on schedule. They ensure proper scheduling, recordkeeping, and inventory control.
  3. Starting Salary
    $50,000
    Job openings
    21,425
    Top Locations:
    Atlanta, GA;  Houston, TX;  Brentwood, TN;  
    Job Description:
    Urban and regional planners develop land use plans and programs that help create communities, accommodate population growth, and revitalize physical facilities in towns, cities, counties, and metropolitan areas.
  4. Starting Salary
    $47,000
    Job openings
    13,883
    Top Locations:
    Atlanta, GA;  New York, NY;  Chicago, IL;  
    Job Description:
    Urban and regional planners develop land use plans and programs that help create communities, accommodate population growth, and revitalize physical facilities in towns, cities, counties, and metropolitan areas.
  5. Starting Salary
    $47,000
    Job openings
    24,343
    Top Locations:
    New York, NY;  Washington, DC;  Minneapolis, MN;  
    Job Description:
    Urban and regional planners develop land use plans and programs that help create communities, accommodate population growth, and revitalize physical facilities in towns, cities, counties, and metropolitan areas.
  6. Starting Salary
    $45,000
    Job openings
    15,269
    Job Description:
    Urban and regional planners develop land use plans and programs that help create communities, accommodate population growth, and revitalize physical facilities in towns, cities, counties, and metropolitan areas.
  7. Starting Salary
    $41,000
    Job openings
    48,818
    Top Locations:
    New York, NY;  Austin, TX;  Washington, DC;  
  8. Starting Salary
    $33,000
    Job openings
    38,743
    Job Description:
    A Project Coordinator runs, administers, and organizes all project activities in an organization. They also provide work direction to staff.
  9. Starting Salary
    $26,000
    Job openings
    57,335
    Top Locations:
    New York, NY;  Chicago, IL;  Los Angeles, CA;  
    Job Description:
    Urban and regional planners develop land use plans and programs that help create communities, accommodate population growth, and revitalize physical facilities in towns, cities, counties, and metropolitan areas.
  10. Starting Salary
    $24,000
    Job openings
    103,293
    Job Description:
    General office clerks perform a variety of clerical tasks, including answering telephones, typing documents, and filing records.

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What can you do with an urban planning degree?

Zippia created an urban planning career map to help recent graduates find career paths. It's based on real resumes from job seekers with bachelor's degrees in urban planning. The map shows the most common jobs urban planning majors take throughout the first four jobs of their careers.

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Average urban planning major salary

Urban planning major salaries vary significantly by industry. Graduates with an urban planning bachelor's degree who work in the technology industry have an average salary of $99,864, while those graduates who work in the government industry have an average salary of $54,473. If pay is important to you, then you should look for urban planning jobs in the technology industry.

Average urban planning major salary by industry

RankIndustryAverage Urban Planning Salary Urban Planning Salary Range
1Technology
$99,864
$44k
$126k
2Professional
$80,028
$44k
$126k
3Finance
$70,019
$44k
$126k
4Manufacturing
$68,126
$44k
$126k
5Government
$54,473
$44k
$126k

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