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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Bob Babajian

Planning Assistant/City Planning

2025 total comp

$35,761

Sub-department: Na
Base pay: $23,726
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $1,299
Benefits: $10,736
Total compensation: $35,761
Employment type: Per Event
Union / bargaining unit: Xx

Source-specific fields

FMS Department Code: 68
Job Class Pay Grade: XXXX-X
Job Status: Not active
Record Number: 313636313134
Row ID: 2531363631313468XXXX-XPV

At City Planning, Bob Babajian serves as a Planning Assistant within Na. They work per event. Their 2025 pay totaled $35,761. Their bargaining unit is Xx.

Sandra Robles

Planning Assistant/City Planning

2025 total comp

$32,076

Base pay: $28,037
Overtime: $146
Other pay: $424
Benefits: $3,469
Total compensation: $32,076
Employment type: Full-Time

Source-specific fields

FMS Department Code: 68
Job Class Pay Grade: 1785-0
Job Status: Not active
Record Number: 333434353035
Row ID: 25333434353035681785-0FT

Sandra Robles holds the role of Planning Assistant at City Planning. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $32,076.