City of Baltimore / Planning Department / City Planner I
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
3 employees hold this title in Planning Department. Median total compensation for the role is $53,722, above the department median of $0.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, the median wage for Urban and Regional Planners — about 420 people — is $84,000. Planning Department pays a median base salary of $59,072 for this role, 30% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Urban and Regional Planners across every employer in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Planning Department’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Urban and Regional Planners — about 44,230 people — is $89,320. Planning Department’s median base salary is 34% below that national figure, below the 10th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 23 of 26 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Planning Department is $58,588, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
City Planner I is held in 8 City of Baltimore departments. In Planning Department, the median of $53,722 ranks #7 of 8.
Median total compensation for the City Planner I role in other City of Baltimoredepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 6 jurisdictions. In City of Baltimore, the median of $69,359 ranks #5 of 6. See City Planner across all of City of Baltimore →
Median total compensation for comparable City Planner roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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City Planner I/Planning Department
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Ivor Quashie is a City Planner I at Planning Department. They have served since 2007 (about 7 years). 2014 total compensation came to $65,539.
City Planner I/Planning Department
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Melvin Hicks holds the role of City Planner I at Planning Department. They have served since 2005 (about 7 years). In 2012, their total compensation was $53,722.
City Planner I/Planning Department
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Heather Martin is a City Planner I at Planning Department. They have served since 2014 (under a year). 2014 total compensation came to $1,579.