California · 2025 pay · 29 people
How much does a planner assistant make in California?
$80,880typical pay for a planner assistant in 2025
$67,703 – $92,822what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay rose 23.2% from 2024.
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- California State Controller's Office · sco.ca.gov ↗
- California State Controller's Office · sco.ca.gov ↗
- California State Controller's Office · sco.ca.gov ↗
Where planner assistants work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
- Placer County9 people$88,159
- City of Newport Beach4 people$92,270
- City of Oxnard3 people$71,458
- City of San Mateo3 people$108,195
- University of California, Los Angeles3 people$91
- City of Turlock2 people$84,281
- Nevada County2 people$78,754
- Lake County1 person$67,703
- Solano County1 person$8
- City of Saratoga1 person$26,504
Pay by level
Levels with 5 or more people.
- Planner Assistant18 people$80,089
- Planner - Assistant10 people$85,169
Related jobs and the next step up
Same line of work at a different rank, by typical pay (full-year employees where we can tell).
- Assistant Planner$76,832 (everyone)
- Planner Assistant (this page)$80,880 (everyone)
- Associate Planner$100,329 (everyone)
- Supervising Planner$108,165 (everyone)
- Senior Planner$124,026 (everyone)
- Supervisor Planner$128,205 (everyone)
- Principal Planner$144,443 (everyone)
- Planner Supervising$148,897 (everyone)
- Planner Principal$160,942 (everyone)
Highest-paid planner assistants, 2025
Common questions
How much does a planner assistant make in California?
The typical planner assistant was paid $80,880 in 2025; most earned between $67,703 and $92,822. This counts all 29 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 0.3% of all pay for planner assistants in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Planner Assistant, at any level (for example "Planner Assistant"). Part-time-schedule titles (such as "20 hours") are left out. Senior, supervising and trainee titles have their own pages.
Job titles are written out in full from the payroll's abbreviations (for example "SR CRRECTNL POLC OFCR" → "Senior Correctional Police Officer"). "Typical pay" is the median; "most earned" is the middle half. How we calculate this