City and County of San Francisco / City Planning

Agency file

City Planning

Source file: City and County of San Francisco — Employee Compensation / ingested Jun 17, 2026

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

In 2025, this agency had 200 employees with median total compensation of $198,662; the highest distinct record was $412,145.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $35.6M
Employees: 200
Median total: $198,662
Highest record: $412,145

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$376$331,008+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 200 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($198,662) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $132,004 (74%)
Overtime — $10 (0%)
Other — $968 (1%)
Benefits — $45,187 (25%)

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

$34,390

$148,005

$198,662

$215,913

$246,585

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $246,585 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $34,390. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Planner 3

52 · $205,160

Planner IV

22 · $239,252

Planner 2

22 · $153,129

Planner 3-Environmental Review

10 · $205,314

Planning Technician II

8 · $146,767

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	$37.7M —	216 —	$195,374 —
2025	$35.6M ▼ 5.5%	200 ▼ 7.4%	$198,662 ▲ 1.7%

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.

Pla Land Development Metro Nashville90% match
Pd - Current Planning City of Las Vegas87% match
Planning City of Greensboro68% match
Planning City of Miami57% match
Northeast Georgia Regional Commission Georgia47% match
Office of Planning Louisville Metro, Kentucky45% match

Record list

Employees

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Rachael Tanner

Deputy Director III/City Planning

2025 total comp

$305,700

Sub-department: Management
Organization group: General Administration & Finance
Base pay: $233,563
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $72,137
Total compensation: $305,700
Employment type: Permanent Exempt
Union / bargaining unit: Municipal Exec Assoc, Misc
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 0.95

Source-specific fields

Data As Of: Jun 14, 2026
Data Loaded At: Jun 15, 2026
Department Code: CPC
Health and Dental Benefits: $24,015
Job Code: 0953
Job Family Code: 0900
Organization Group Code: General Administration & Finance
Other Benefits: $14,911

Rachael Tanner holds the role of Deputy Director III at City Planning within Management. Their status is permanent exempt, 0.95 FTE. In 2025, their total compensation was $305,700. Union affiliation: Municipal Exec Assoc, Misc.