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Fast Facts for Urban Planners in California

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Santa Cruz, Redding and Yuba City
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Bakersfield, Santa Rosa and Stockton
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: San Diego, Santa Ana and Sacramento

Salaries for Urban Planners in California

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: San Francisco, San Jose and Napa

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity for:
Urban Planners

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

2019 Occupational Employment Statistics and 2018-28 Employment Projections, Bureau of Labor Statistics, BLS.gov

Metro Area
Jobs
Annual Median Salary
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura120$97,670
Redding130$83,270
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario660$94,180
Salinas110$97,410
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande110$79,460
Santa Cruz-Watsonville50$95,570
Stockton-Lodi80$80,200
Vallejo-Fairfield80$103,270
MaderaN/A$94,110
Yuba City110$81,210
Fresno160$76,360
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade750$91,030
BakersfieldN/A$95,470
San Diego-Carlsbad720$88,680
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward1430$105,370
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara340$111,420
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara110$108,530
Santa Rosa80$104,160
Visalia-Porterville50$92,130
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim2270$95,470
Modesto30$80,330
Napa30$105,430

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