Entry-level Urban and Regional Planner salary in New York, NY

Based on 27 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level I in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Brooklyn, Jersey City, Fairfield, East Brunswick, Aberdeen.

Also listed as: Urban Designer, Urban Planner

Median salary$81,200
Middle 50%$74.5k–$89k
vs. all levels here−11%comparison median $91,083
Filings27FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $66,939 and $174,928.
PercentileSalary
10th$70,432
25th$74,500
50th (median)$81,200
75th$88,951
90th$98,000

Salary by year

Median salary

$50k $70k $90k FY2020: median $56,051 (14 filings) FY2021: median $61,360 (15 filings) FY2022: median $64,500 (19 filings) FY2023: median $70,000 (15 filings) FY2024: median $81,600 (17 filings) FY2025: median $79,019 (19 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 14 filings FY20 FY2021: 15 filings FY21 FY2022: 19 filings FY22 FY2023: 15 filings FY23 FY2024: 17 filings FY24 FY2025: 19 filings FY25 FY2026: 8 filings FY26 19
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$56,051$55,000$59,25314
FY2021$61,360$56,830$65,88515
FY2022$64,500$61,454$74,25019
FY2023$70,000$68,000$77,37415
FY2024$81,600$73,500$95,60017
FY2025$79,019$72,700$83,82419
FY2026–––8

Cost of living

New York's median entry-level Urban and Regional Planner salary of $81,200 is worth about $72,100 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; New York = 112.6).

Compared with all workers here

All Urban and Regional Planners in the New York, NY area earned a median of $99,150 in May 2025 (1,570 employed). The H-1B median here is $81,200, 18% lower.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
AECOM Technical Servicestoo few2
Citizens Housing & Planning Council of New Yorktoo few2
Mercer Planning Associatestoo few2
Tarsattoo few2

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $81,200 27
Mid-level · Level II $90,349 22
Senior · Level III too few 2
Expert · Level IV $144,312 10

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$66,331$81,20027
Mid-level · Level II$81,245$90,34922
Expert · Level IV$118,851$144,31210

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.