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Planning, Urban Design & Sustainability

In 2025, 217 employees of the City of Vancouver's Planning, Urban Design & Sustainability department were paid more than $75,000, $26.6M in total, with a median of $122,199.

Source: City of Vancouver open data, employee remuneration over $75,000.

$26.6M
paid to 217 employees over $75,000, 2025
median $122,199 · 4.4% of the year's total · +7.4% employees on 2024

Employees over $75,000, by year

82 employees in 2016 · 217 employees in 2025

Click a year to see its amount.

Roles held by at least 3 people, 2025

Planner II79 people · median $127,186$9.6M
Planner III22 people · median $144,087$3.1M
Planner I21 people · median $102,831$2.2M
Planning Analyst19 people · median $83,996$1.6M
Landscape Development Specialist5 people · no median under 10 people$453k
Planner II (T)5 people · no median under 10 people$562k
Planning Analyst (T)5 people · no median under 10 people$424k
Planner I (T)4 people · no median under 10 people$394k
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Policy Analyst4 people · no median under 10 people$440k
Assistant Director3 people · no median under 10 people$499k
Civil Engineer I3 people · no median under 10 people$362k
Social Planner II3 people · no median under 10 people$320k

Year by year

2025217 employees · median $122,199$26.6M
2024202 employees · median $123,226$24.7M2023191 employees · median $111,768$21.7M2022183 employees · median $106,274$20.2M2021176 employees · median $102,768$19.1M2020159 employees · median $97,213$16.7M
Show 4 more2019139 employees · median $100,203$14.8M2018116 employees · median $99,521$12.2M2017100 employees · median $104,141$10.8M201682 employees · median $100,594$8.5M
About these figures

The City’s remuneration schedule lists this department as “Planning, Urban Des & Sustain” in 2025; the name is written out here.

40 more roles held by 1 or 2 people (44 people, $6.6M) are counted in the department total and not listed.

Departments are listed under the name the City used each year; a renamed department appears as a separate fiche.

The threshold has been $75,000 in every year of the schedule. As pay rises, more employees cross it, so part of the growth in headcount is wages, not hiring. No police department appears among the schedule's departments.