How Much Do Transportation Planners Make in 2021 (including Starting Salary)

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Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries

Transportation Planners

Transportation Planners prepare studies for proposed transportation projects. Gather, compile, and analyze data. Study the use and operation of transportation systems. Develop transportation models or simulations.

Salary
$79410
Becoming One
Hard
Education
Bachelor's degree
Job Satisfaction
Job Growth
Low

Personality



Table of contents
  1. Average salary
  2. Starting salary
  3. Salary rank
  4. Salary range
  5. Highest paying states
  6. Highest paying industries

Average salary

Annual salary
$79410 per year
Hourly wage
$38 per hour

Starting salary

Entry-level annual salary
$46,830 to $59,130 per year
Entry-level hourly wage
$23 to $28 per hour

Entry-level Transportation Planners with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $46,830 to $59,130 per year or $23 to $28 per hour. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.

Salary rank

Salary rank
B

We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Transportation Planners to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compared the salary of all careers then we gave them a rank of A, B, C, or D depending on where their average salary sit in comparison to other careers.

Salary range

Level Hourly Annual
Highest (Top 10%) $57 $118,280
Senior (Top 25%) $46 $96,380
Middle (Mid 50%) $37 $75,950
Junior (Bottom 25%) $28 $59,130
No experience (Bottom 10%) $23 $46,830

Highest paying states

State Hourly Annual
DC $55 $113,680
CA $46 $95,840
NY $45 $93,330
WA $42 $86,460
OR $42 $86,380
ME $41 $86,150
CT $41 $85,950
AK $41 $85,590
NV $41 $84,240
NJ $40 $83,920

Another simple way to increase your salary as a Transportation Planner is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like DC doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at DC might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.

According to BLS, the highest paid Transportation Planners are in the states of DC, CA, NY, WA and OR.

Highest paying industries

Salary by industry Annual Hourly
Social Advocacy Organizations $176560 $84.88
Federal Executive Branch $102960 $49.50
Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services $89150 $42.86
Legal Services $88740 $42.66
Management of Companies and Enterprises $85740 $41.22
Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution $85100 $40.91
Local Government $77790 $37.40
State Government $75110 $36.11
Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services $73440 $35.31
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools $73050 $35.12
Scientific Research and Development Services $71550 $34.40
Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations $69160 $33.25
Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services $68540 $32.95

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