How much do Urban and Regional Planners make in Champaign-Urbana, IL?

Percentile spread

For Urban and Regional Planners, the published 10th percentile is $55,300 and the 90th percentile is $131,900. The difference is $76,600, which is 93.6% 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 $74,460 to the 75th at $101,550, covers $27,090.

The mean annual wage is $89,680, which sits above the median of $81,840. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Champaign-Urbana, IL median is 8.4% lower than the national median of $89,320 for Urban and Regional Planners. In 2024 national prices the local median is $88,281, which is 1.2% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 10.4% lower than the Illinois median of $91,360.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Champaign-Urbana, IL is 92.704, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $81,840 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Urban and Regional Planners at $88,281 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

11 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Urban and Regional Planners. Champaign-Urbana, IL ranks 6th of 12 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).).

• Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN is 108 miles away, with a median of $98,840 and employment of 800. That median is 20.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $95,410, against $88,281 here.
• Bloomington, IN is 110 miles away, with a median of $63,770 and employment of 30. That median is 22.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $67,067, against $88,281 here.
• Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN is 119 miles away, with a median of $70,760 and employment of 250. That median is 13.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $73,942, against $88,281 here.

Employment share

Urban and Regional Planners accounts for 0.05% of wage-and-salary employment in Champaign-Urbana, IL (50 of 105,500). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (44,230 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.67 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.