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Urban and Regional Planners

Occupation · SOC 2018 19-3051 · United States

SOC 2018 code
19-3051
Share of U.S. applications
0.03%
Applications on record
4,055
FY2025
314
Median offered wage
$81,828
Certified (last three years)
97.0%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$81,828certified LCAs, FY2024–FY2026
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition, PERM and H-2 applications classified as Urban and Regional Planners (SOC 19-3051). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Urban and Regional Planners

157314FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
157314FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY200853
FY200989
FY2010266
FY2011210
FY2012181
FY2013124
FY2014173
FY2015186
FY2016197
FY2017268
FY2018252
FY2019281
FY2020232
FY2021217
FY2022267
FY2023212
FY2024273
FY2025314
FY2026*260
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*22931
FY202527836
FY202425716
FY202319418
FY202224621
FY202119027
FY202020725
FY201926120
FY201822329
FY201724622
FY201616829
FY201515729
FY201415221
FY201310717
FY201214239
FY201117238
FY201019274
FY20094643
FY2008053
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Largest sponsoring employers

Employers with the most applications in this occupation, all years.

Applications by employer
  1. Sasaki Associates127
  2. AECOM Technical Services, Inc.88
  3. WSP USA Inc.80
  4. CDM Smith Inc.68
  5. AECOM Technical Services Inc58
  6. Sasaki Associates, Inc.58
  7. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP53
  8. New York City Department of Education48
  9. HR&A Advisors, Inc.45
  10. DY Consulting Engineers, P.C.38
  11. Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum, Inc.37
  12. Southern California Association of Governments36
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Where the jobs are

Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).

Urban and Regional Planners: applications by worksite state

1+7+18+31+81+
1+7+18+31+81+
Data table
StateApplications
CA851
NY700
TX427
MA377
FL228
IL131
DC104
VA101
GA100
PA90
OH81
NJ80
MD67
WA61
AZ59
MO48
CO47
MI46
TN46
NC40
CT31
LA29
OR25
IN22
MN22
KY21
AL19
UT19
HI19
OK18
NM17
SC17
ID14
IA14
MS10
AK9
KS8
NV8
AR8
WI7
WV7
NE6
ME6
NH3
RI3
PR3
VT3
ND2
DE1
Metropolitan areas
  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ722
  2. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH372
  3. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA349
  4. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA326
  5. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV196
  6. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX153
  7. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX136
  8. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN119
  9. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX94
  10. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL86
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $81,828; middle half $69,998 to $96,222 · median prevailing wage $71,219 (marker) · 724 applications.

$60k$75k$90k$105k$120k
$60k$75k$90k$105k$120k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I335
  2. Level II245
  3. Level III82
  4. Level IV73
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Urban Planner269
  2. Urban Designer263
  3. Planner129
  4. Transportation Planner95
  5. Associate Planner57
  6. Planner II49
  7. Planner I43
  8. Urban and Regional Planner42
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pages for this occupation by metropolitan area

Areas with at least 50 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020.

  • Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
  • Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
  • Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
  • Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
  • Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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