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Urban and Regional Planners
Also filed here: Urban planner, Town planner
Being rewritten
AI already performs most of the work in this job. Even so, the BLS expects 3.9% more of these jobs by 2035, faster than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- #25 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +3.9% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $89,320 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 45,800 in the US, with about 3,200 openings a year
The work, 16 activities
The job description, marked up.
Every activity in this job, the biggest first. Tap a line for the evidence.
- deleAI does this
- +AIAI helps
- stetStill yours
AI does this: Examine materials or documentation for accuracy or compliance14%
AI performed this in about 1 in 824 Copilot conversations and completed it 86% of the time.
AI does this: Advise others on business or operational matters12%
AI performed this in about 1 in 290 Copilot conversations and completed it 92% of the time.
Still yours: Develop plans for managing or preserving natural resources7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Design structures or facilities7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Explain regulations, policies, or procedures7%
AI performed this in about 1 in 84 Copilot conversations and completed it 93% of the time.
AI does this: Present research or technical information7%
AI performed this in about 1 in 30 Copilot conversations and completed it 90% of the time.
AI does this: Communicate environmental or sustainability information7%
AI performed this in about 1 in 392 Copilot conversations and completed it 93% of the time.
Still yours: Mediate disputes6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Coordinate activities with clients, agencies, or organizations5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Investigate the environmental impact of industrial or development activities5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Maintain current knowledge in area of expertise5%
AI performed this in about 1 in 40 Copilot conversations and completed it 91% of the time.
AI does this: Assess characteristics or impacts of regulations or policies4%
AI performed this in about 1 in 640 Copilot conversations and completed it 93% of the time.
Still yours: Supervise personnel activities4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Coordinate with others to resolve problems3%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 738 conversations, and it got them there 83% of the time.
AI does this: Promote products, services, or programs3%
AI performed this in about 1 in 117 Copilot conversations and completed it 92% of the time.
AI does this: Gather information from physical or electronic sources3%
AI performed this in about 1 in 28 Copilot conversations and completed it 87% of the time.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 104 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 3,200 openings a year, from growth and from people who retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
Jobs that share the most work with this one, where AI does less of it.
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- Shares 27% of the workZoologists and Wildlife Biologists38% AI does, against 62% here+3.6% by 2035 · $76,780 · Bachelor’s degree
- Shares 24% of the workBiological Scientists31% AI does, against 62% here+4.7% by 2035 · $98,920 · Bachelor’s degree
The wire
On the wire.
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How to read this file.
deleAI does this. In US Bing Copilot conversations from January to September 2024, AI itself performed the activity, completed it and made a real difference often enough to count.
+AIAI helps. People brought the activity to AI as their own goal, and it usually got them there.
stetStill yours. It barely shows up in AI use, AI rarely finishes it, or in this job it needs hands.
Shares are weighted by how much each activity matters in the job, using O*NET. Microsoft’s own AI applicability score for this job is 0.33, higher than 94% of jobs.
Doing an activity is not doing a job. The researchers behind this data warn against reading it as job loss, and so do we. It is US data; the shape of the work travels.
Sources: Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025) · O*NET OnLine, 19-3051 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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