Ramsey County, Minnesota / Senior Transportation Planner
Role across Ramsey County, Minnesota
Senior Transportation Planner
Operate vehicles or heavy equipment safely to move people or materials, and perform routine checks.
5 people hold the Senior Transportation Planner role across 1 department in Ramsey County, Minnesota, with a median total compensation of $99,439. Among 4 jurisdictions where this role is reported, Ramsey County, Minnesota ranks #3 by median pay.
- Employees
- 5
- Median pay
- $99,439
- Departments
- 1
- Cross-jurisdiction
- #3 of 4
Compared with the local labor market
Senior Transportation Planner 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 Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other — about 860 people — is $103,330. Ramsey County, Minnesota pays a median base salary of $99,439 for this role, 4% below that figure — about the 45th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Ramsey County, Minnesota sits in the local pay range
The bar is the range of annual wages for Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other 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 Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other — about 37,100 people — is $101,110. Ramsey County, Minnesota’s median base salary is 2% below that national figure, about the 48th 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 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Ramsey County, Minnesota is $99,439, 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
Senior Transportation Planner pay in other jurisdictions
Where Senior Transportation Planners are paid most
Median total compensation for comparable Senior Transportation Planner roles in other jurisdictions (highest first). Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not by identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for this role.