Agency file

City Planning

Source file: City of Los Angeles Controller — City Employee Payroll / ingested Jun 17, 2026

The City Planning supports housing and community development — affordable housing, planning, and neighborhood programs.

In 2025, this agency had 604 employees with median total compensation of $108,370; the highest distinct record was $375,812.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $65.5M
Employees: 604
Median total: $108,370
Highest record: $375,812

What the records show

Compensation analytics

These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.

Salary distribution

$0$245,237+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 604 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($108,370) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $93,355 (86%)
Overtime — $364 (0%)
Other — $2,391 (2%)
Benefits — $12,395 (11%)

What an average paycheck here is made of — base salary versus overtime, other pay (bonuses, allowances), and benefits. A large overtime or other-pay share means take-home often exceeds base salary.

Pay percentiles

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$9,039

$60,416

$108,370

$154,640

$191,961

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $191,961 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $9,039. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Planning Assistant

116 · $98,574

City Planner

104 · $158,404

City Planning Associate

54 · $127,660

43 · $2,909

Senior City Planner

34 · $202,335

The most common job titles in this department by headcount, with the median total compensation for each. Click a title to see everyone who holds it.

Trend

Year over year

How this department's total payroll, headcount, and median pay changed across the 2 published years.

Year	Total payroll	Employees	Median pay
2024	$61.8M —	508 —	$121,213 —
2025	$65.5M ▲ 6.1%	604 ▲ 18.9%	$108,370 ▼ 10.6%

Compare

Similar departments

Departments elsewhere with the most similar mix of roles — a proxy for the same kind of agency, matched by workforce composition rather than name. Pay is not cost-of-living adjusted.

Planning Department (103) City of Baltimore45% match
Department of City Planning New York City38% match

Record list

Employees

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Daniel Nimori

Programmer/Analyst III/City Planning

2025 total comp

$28,962

Sub-department: Professional Engineering and Scientific
Base pay: $18,432
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $6,690
Benefits: $3,840
Total compensation: $28,962
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: 08

Source-specific fields

FMS Department Code: 68
Job Class Pay Grade: 1431-3
Job Status: Not active
Record Number: 363830373234
Row ID: 25363830373234681431-3FT

Daniel Nimori is a Programmer/Analyst III at City Planning within Professional Engineering and Scientific. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $28,962. They are represented by 08.

Debbie Lawrence

City Planning Associate/City Planning

2025 total comp

$26,002

Sub-department: Technical
Base pay: $25,753
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $250
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $26,002
Employment type: Part-Time
Union / bargaining unit: 21

Source-specific fields

FMS Department Code: 68
Job Class Pay Grade: 7941-0
Job Status: Active
Record Number: 333338353832
Row ID: 25333338353832687941-0PT

Debbie Lawrence works as a City Planning Associate for City Planning within Technical. Their status is part-time. Debbie earned $26,002 in 2025. Their bargaining unit is 21.

Garry Ngo

Student Professional Worker/City Planning

2025 total comp

$23,493

Sub-department: Non-Represented - Other
Base pay: $23,493
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $23,493
Employment type: Part-Time
Union / bargaining unit: 00

Source-specific fields

FMS Department Code: 68
Job Class Pay Grade: 1502-0
Job Status: Active
Record Number: 353235323035
Row ID: 25353235323035681502-0PT

Garry Ngo is a Student Professional Worker at City Planning within Non-Represented - Other. They work part-time. 2025 total compensation came to $23,493. Their bargaining unit is 00.

Jialiang Luo

Student Professional Worker/City Planning

2025 total comp

$22,691

Sub-department: Non-Represented - Other
Base pay: $22,691
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $22,691
Employment type: Part-Time
Union / bargaining unit: 00

Source-specific fields

FMS Department Code: 68
Job Class Pay Grade: 1502-0
Job Status: Active
Record Number: 323539353035
Row ID: 25323539353035681502-0PT

Jialiang Luo holds the role of Student Professional Worker at City Planning within Non-Represented - Other. Their status is part-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $22,691. They are represented by 00.

Eva Bencomo

Commission Executive Assistant I/City Planning

2025 total comp

$22,570

Sub-department: Administrative
Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $22,570
Total compensation: $22,570
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: 01

Source-specific fields

FMS Department Code: 68
Job Class Pay Grade: 9734-1
Job Status: Not active
Record Number: 3135303634
Row ID: 253135303634689734-1FT

Eva Bencomo is a Commission Executive Assistant I at City Planning within Administrative. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $22,570. They are represented by 01.