Community Planner
What Does a Professional in this Career Do?
A Community Planner plans and designs projects that maintain or improve the quality of life in a community. Addresses specific transportation, economic development, housing and environmental issues. Develops plans that address aesthetic as well as technical concerns. Identifies community goals and anticipates the future impact of development.
Job Outlook
There were 128 Community Planner job postings in North Carolina in the past year and 2489 in the United States.
In combination with other careers in the Urban / Transportation Planner industry, which includes the Community Planner career, the following graph shows the number of people employed for each year since 2016:
Salary
Many new Community Planner jobs have salaries estimated to be in the following ranges, based on the requirements and responsibilities listed in job postings from the past year.
National
The average estimated salary in the United States for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $90,996.
State
The average estimated salary in North Carolina for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $90,996.
Percentiles represent the percentage that is lower than the value. For example, 25% of estimated salaries for Community Planner postings in the United States in the past year were lower than $68,603.
Education and Experience
Posted Community Planner jobs typically require the following level of education. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list education requirements.
| Education Level | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Associate's Degree | 0% |
| Bachelor's Degree | 48.94% |
| Master's Degree | 26.8% |
| Doctoral Degree | 7.19% |
| Other | 8.24% |
Posted Community Planner jobs typically require the following number of years of experience. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list experience requirements.
| Years of Experience | Percentage |
|---|---|
| 0 to 2 years | 53.5% |
| 3 to 5 years | 32.22% |
| 6 to 8 years | 7.44% |
| 9+ years | 6.84% |
Skills
Below are listings of the most common general and specialized skills Community Planner positions expect applicants to have as well as the most common skills that distinguish individuals from their peers. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is also listed.
Baseline Skills
A skill that is required across a broad range of occupations, including this one.
- Planning (80.8%)
- Management (42.87%)
- Communication (33.43%)
- Coordinating (31.9%)
- Operations (28.77%)
- Research (24.47%)
- Leadership (24.23%)
- Writing (22.94%)
- Microsoft Office (17.84%)
- Presentations (16.55%)
Defining Skills
A core skill for this occupation, it occurs frequently in job postings.
- Project Management (26.08%)
- Community Planning (20.26%)
Necessary Skills
A skill that is requested frequently in this occupation but isn’t specific to it.
- Transportation Planning (6.1%)
- Urban Design (6.19%)
- Sociology (10.49%)
- Regional Planning (12.42%)
- Political Sciences (10.59%)
- Land Use (8.2%)
- Landscape Architecture (15.54%)
- Geography (11.87%)
- Public Administration (15.31%)
- Environmental Planning (3.67%)
- Finance (8.8%)
- Economics (16.32%)
- Economic Analysis (7.7%)
- Economic Development (8.48%)
- Project Planning (10.63%)
- Emergency Management (16.82%)
- Data Collection (7.97%)
- Community Development (14.71%)
- Urban Planning (15.17%)
- Social Work (4.45%)
- Data Analysis (10.77%)
- Geographic Information Systems (5.64%)
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) (14.07%)
- Policy Development (3.02%)
Distinguishing Skills
A skill that may distinguish a subset of the occupation.
- Urban Affairs (7.2%)
Salary Boosting Skills
A professional who wishes to excel in this career path may consider developing the following highly valued skills. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is listed.
- Community Planning (99.77%)
- Urban Affairs (35.44%)
Alternative Job Titles
Sometimes employers post jobs with Community Planner skills but a different job title. Some common alternative job titles include:
- Planner
- Transition Coordinator
- Emergency Management Specialist
- Exercise Planner
- Cyberspace Joint Operations Planner
- Military Planner
- Intelligence Planner
- Interdisciplinary Engineer Architect
- Extension Educator
Similar Occupations
If you are interested in exploring occupations with similar skills, you may want to research the following job titles. Note that we only list occupations that have at least one corresponding NC State Online and Distance Education program.
Common Employers
Here are the employers that have posted the most Community Planner jobs in the past year along with how many they have posted.
United States
- FEMA (233)
- United States Navy (124)
- United States Department of Defense (115)
- Booz Allen Hamilton (93)
- Vaya Health (71)
- American Red Cross (65)
- United States Department of Homeland Security (48)
- State of Minnesota (39)
- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (36)
- Planate Management Group (29)
North Carolina
- Vaya Health (71)
- FEMA (10)
- American Red Cross (6)
- City of Durham (3)
- East Carolina University (2)
- United States Department of Defense (2)
- United States Department of Homeland Security (2)
- Lenoir County (2)
- Joint Activities (1)
- Bentley Planning & Project Management (1)
NC State Programs Relevant to this Career
If you are interested in preparing for a career in this field, the following NC State Online and Distance Education programs offer a great place to start!
- Agricultural Education and Human Sciences Master's Degrees
- Leadership in Agriculture and Human Sciences Graduate Certificates
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