City of Chicago / Chicago Department of Transportation / City Planner IV
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
2 employees hold this title in Chicago Department of Transportation. Median total compensation for the role is $120,768, above the department median of $106,912.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area, the median wage for Urban and Regional Planners — about 800 people — is $98,840. Chicago Department of Transportation pays a median base salary of $108,084 for this role, 9% above that figure — about the 60th 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 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Chicago Department of Transportation’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. Chicago Department of Transportation’s median base salary is 21% above that national figure, about the 73rd 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 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Chicago Department of Transportation is $108,084, 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 jurisdictions
This role is reported in 6 jurisdictions. In City of Chicago, the median of $93,156 ranks #4 of 6. See City Planner across all of City of Chicago →
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 IV/Chicago Department of Transportation
Source-specific fields
At Chicago Department of Transportation, Alaina Bridges serves as a City Planner IV. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $122,700.
City Planner IV/Chicago Department of Transportation
Source-specific fields
Charles Roesner is a City Planner IV at Chicago Department of Transportation. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $118,836.