City of Chicago / Department of Planning and Development / City Planner V
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
24 employees hold this title in Department of Planning and Development. Median total compensation for the role is $93,156, below the department median of $101,664.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 24 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.
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. Department of Planning and Development pays a median base salary of $93,156 for this role, 6% below that figure — about the 43rd 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 Department of Planning and Development’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. Department of Planning and Development’s median base salary is 4% above that national figure, about the 55th 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 Department of Planning and Development is $93,156, 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 V is held in 3 City of Chicago departments. In Department of Planning and Development, the median of $93,156 ranks #2 of 3.
Median total compensation for the City Planner V role in other City of Chicagodepartments (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 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 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.
Record list
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City Planner V/Department of Planning and Development
Source-specific fields
Oneida Pate is a City Planner V at Department of Planning and Development. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $112,080.
City Planner V/Department of Planning and Development
Source-specific fields
Emily Thrun holds the role of City Planner V at Department of Planning and Development. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $112,080.