Planning Specialist

Coordinate and deliver a specific program area, supporting planning, outreach, and daily operations.

163 people hold the Planning Specialist role across 21 departments in Ramsey County, Minnesota, with a median total compensation of $86,224.

Employees: 163
Median pay: $86,224
Departments: 21
Cross-jurisdiction: #1 of 1

Compared with the local labor market

Planning Specialist pay vs. the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI area

Across all employers in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI area, the median wage for Urban and Regional Planners — about 580 people — is $103,970. Ramsey County, Minnesota pays a median base salary of $88,074 for this role, 15% below that figure — about the 27th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Ramsey County, Minnesota sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$70,020

$86,370

$103,970

$110,540

$129,500

Ramsey County, Minnesota median · $88,074

The bar is the range of annual wages for Urban and Regional Planners across every employer in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Ramsey County, Minnesota’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. Ramsey County, Minnesota’s median base salary is 1% below that national figure, about the 48th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$60,010

$72,020

$89,320

$110,030

$134,490

Ramsey County, Minnesota median · $88,074

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 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI range relative to the national one.

Computed over the 147 of 163 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.

Median total compensation for this role at Ramsey County, Minnesota is $86,224, 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.

Within Ramsey County, Minnesota