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Career Information for Urban And Regional Planners in Washington

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Fast Facts for Urban And Regional Planners in Washington

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Olympia, Bellingham, and Seattle
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Kennewick, Spokane, and Tacoma
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Seattle, Olympia, and Tacoma

Salaries for Urban And Regional Planners in Washington

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Seattle, Tacoma, and Olympia. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Urban And Regional Planners in Washington are listed below.

Selected Urban Planning Schools in Washington

These schools offer particularly quick info upon request, and we have written detailed profiles for each (click school names to see the profiles).

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The Art Institutes
Seattle

The Art Institutes (AI) provides programs that stimulate the minds of its students with programs in design, the arts, game programming, culinary cuisine, and fashion.

  • Programs: Residential Design, Residential Planning
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma

Selected Online Schools for Urban and Regional Planners in Washington

The Art Institute of Pittsburgh Online Division
Online

Established in 2000, the school blends creative arts and design education with the convenience of web-based learning. Students attend classes online with no pre-set schedule.

  • Programs: Residential Planning
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma

More Washington Urban Planning Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Eastern Washington UniversityCheneyDoctorate10,686
University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattleDoctorate40,218

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Urban And Regional Planners

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for Washington. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the state.

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Urban and Regional Planners

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Urban and Regional Planners relative to the population of the city, as of 2008. Salary data was obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.
Metro AreaJobsSalary
(2008)
Relative
Popularity

WASHINGTON

   
Olympia400$65,20018.5
Bellingham80$56,8104.4
Seattle1,530$70,1004.2
Yakima60$54,9103.3
Bremerton60$64,8903.2
Tacoma140$65,7302.1
Spokane100$60,0602
Kennewick30$65,1501.5
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