Modeled career paths · Urban planning

Where does a Director of Planning go next?

What employers are asking a Director of Planning for, what they pay, and where people go next. From live postings and Startline’s modeled career map: what the ads say, never estimated.

Typical advancement

Chief Planning Officer+43% typical comp change · ~3.0y typical

84% of modeled moves out of Director of Planning go here

executive stepno modeled onward moves above the evidence floor

Higher-growth opportunity

Principal Landscape Architect+40% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical

reachable via Associate, Landscape Architecture. 4% joint modeled share

executive stepno modeled onward moves above the evidence floor

VP Operations+50% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical

reachable via Director of Operations. 3% joint modeled share

executive step100% of modeled exits move upward from there

Chief Operating Officer+130% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical

reachable via Director of Operations. 1% joint modeled share

executive stepno modeled onward moves above the evidence floor

Adjacent career

Principal, Interior Design-6% typical comp change · ~4.0y typical

4% of modeled moves out of Director of Planning go here

lateral0% of modeled exits move upward from there

Associate, Landscape Architecture-2% typical comp change · ~4.0y typical

4% of modeled moves out of Director of Planning go here

lateral84% of modeled exits move upward from there

Director of Operations+5% typical comp change · ~4.0y typical

4% of modeled moves out of Director of Planning go here

lateral93% of modeled exits move upward from there

What this page cannot know is which of these fit you. That is what the free list is for.