Compared with the local labor market
Transportation Planner I pay vs. the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area
Across all employers in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area, the median wage for Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other — about 190 people — is $90,580. Cats Planning and Special Operations pays a median base salary of $84,444 for this role, 7% below that figure — about the 35th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Cats Planning and Special Operations sits in the local pay range
$75,520
$80,290
$90,580
$97,420
$118,500
Cats Planning and Special Operations median · $84,444
The bar is the range of annual wages for Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other across every employer in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Cats Planning and Special Operations’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other — about 37,100 people — is $101,110. Cats Planning and Special Operations’s median base salary is 16% below that national figure, about the 29th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$66,120
$80,860
$101,110
$129,960
$160,300
Cats Planning and Special Operations median · $84,444
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 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Cats Planning and Special Operations is $84,444, 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
This role across City of Charlotte
Transportation Planner I is held in 2 City of Charlotte departments. In Cats Planning and Special Operations, the median of $76,970 ranks #2 of 2.
Highest-paying departments for this role
Median total compensation for the Transportation Planner I role in other City of Charlottedepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
Transportation Planner beyond City of Charlotte
This role is reported in 9 jurisdictions. In City of Charlotte, the median of $88,078 ranks #4 of 9. See Transportation Planner across all of City of Charlotte →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable Transportation Plannerroles 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.