How much do Urban and Regional Planners make in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN?

Percentile spread

For Urban and Regional Planners, the published 10th percentile is $52,830 and the 90th percentile is $112,400. The difference is $59,570, which is 74.7% 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 $64,110 to the 75th at $98,550, covers $34,440.

The mean annual wage is $80,210, which sits above the median of $79,760. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN median is 10.7% lower than the national median of $89,320 for Urban and Regional Planners. In 2024 national prices the local median is $85,695, which is 4.1% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 22.7% higher than the Kentucky median of $65,000.

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Kentucky, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN is 93.074, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $79,760 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Urban and Regional Planners at $85,695 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

10 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Urban and Regional Planners. Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN ranks 6th of 11 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).).

• Lexington-Fayette, KY is 69 miles away, with a median of $81,020 and employment of 30. That median is 1.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $87,222, against $85,695 here.
• Bloomington, IN is 88 miles away, with a median of $63,770 and employment of 30. That median is 20% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $67,067, against $85,695 here.
• Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN is 89 miles away, with a median of $80,160 and employment of 170. That median is 0.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $84,052, against $85,695 here.

Employment share

Urban and Regional Planners accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN (60 of 685,190). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (44,230 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.31 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.