How much do Urban and Regional Planners make in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ?

Percentile spread

For Urban and Regional Planners, the published 10th percentile is $58,720 and the 90th percentile is $129,380. The difference is $70,660, which is 86.1% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $72,350 to the 75th at $104,260, covers $31,910.

The mean annual wage is $89,320, which sits above the median of $82,030. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ median is 8.2% lower than the national median of $89,320 for Urban and Regional Planners. In 2024 national prices the local median is $82,056, which is 8.1% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.5% higher than the Pennsylvania median of $80,810.

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Pennsylvania, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ is 99.968, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $82,030 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Urban and Regional Planners at $82,056 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

24 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Urban and Regional Planners. Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ ranks 20th of 25 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Reading, PA is 38 miles away, with a median of $83,620 and employment of 30. That median is 1.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $86,153, against $82,056 here.
• Trenton-Princeton, NJ is 51 miles away, with a median of $109,150 and employment of 50. That median is 33.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $105,786, against $82,056 here.
• Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD is 62 miles away, with a median of $83,750 and employment of 520. That median is 2.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $81,664, against $82,056 here.

Employment share

Urban and Regional Planners accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ (70 of 377,180). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (44,230 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.65 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.