Compile data from various sources, such as maps, reports, and field and file investigations, for use by city planner in making planning studies.
U.S. Workers
32,940
Median Salary
$58,040
10-Year Growth
+4.4%
Annual Openings
5,200
Typical entry: Bachelor's degree
12 of 12 tasks have some AI capability
Exposure Trend
This score reflects estimated AI technical capability for tasks in this occupation. It does not predict employment changes, and it does not account for company-specific constraints, regulation, or adoption barriers.
Prepare reports, using statistics, charts, and graphs, to illustrate planning studies in areas such as population, land use, or zoning.
AI: Fully automatable - AI can fully produce statistical analyses, charts, graphs, and formatted reports from data and templates with minimal human intervention.
Research, compile, analyze and organize information from maps, reports, investigations, and books for use in reports and special projects.
AI: Fully automatable - AI can ingest, extract, analyze, synthesize and organize information from digital maps, reports, investigations, and literature, including geospatial analyses and summaries.
Prepare, maintain and update files and records, including land use data and statistics.
AI: Fully automatable - AI can fully prepare, maintain, update and synchronize digital files and land-use databases, perform data cleaning, and keep statistics current through automation.
Prepare, develop and maintain maps and databases.
AI: Fully automatable - AI and GIS automation tools in 2025 can generate, update, and maintain maps and associated databases end-to-end with minimal human intervention for routine workflows.
Participate in and support team planning efforts.
AI: Partial - AI can support team planning by generating scenarios, analyses, agendas, and documentation but cannot fully replace human judgment, facilitation, and stakeholder coordination.
Provide and process zoning and project permits and applications.
AI: Partial - AI can automate intake, validation, routing, and preliminary processing of permits and applications but discretionary approvals and legal decisions generally require human oversight.
Respond to public inquiries and complaints.
AI: Partial - AI can handle routine public inquiries and draft or automate standard responses, but complex, sensitive, or adversarial complaints still need human judgment and escalation.
Serve as liaison between planning department and other departments and agencies.
AI: Partial - AI can draft communications, coordinate information exchange, and schedule interactions, but nuanced relationship management and interagency negotiation remain human-driven.
Inspect sites and review plans for minor development permit applications.
AI: Partial - AI can review digital plans and analyze site imagery to flag many compliance issues for minor permits, but physical inspections and judgment about ambiguous site conditions are only partially automatable.
Conduct interviews, surveys and site inspections concerning factors that affect land usage, such as zoning, traffic flow and housing.
AI: Partial - AI can design and analyze surveys, process interview transcripts, and evaluate imagery for site factors, but conducting in-person interviews and nuanced field inspections cannot be fully automated.
Perform clerical duties such as composing, typing and proofreading documents, scheduling appointments and meetings, handling mail and posting public notices.
AI: Partial - AI can fully automate digital clerical tasks (composition, typing, proofreading, scheduling) but physical mail handling and legally required in-person postings still require human action.
Perform code enforcement tasks.
AI: Partial - AI can automate complaint intake, analysis, and notice generation for code enforcement but cannot fully replace on-site inspections, discretionary judgments, and enforcement actions.