Takeover Tracker
28%medium risk
Urban and Regional Planners
vs

45 shared · 41 different

core competencies

42%medium risk
City and Regional Planning Aides

Side-by-Side Comparison

MetricUrban and Regional PlannersCity and Regional Planning Aides
Risk Score27.6%42.2%
Risk TierMedium RiskMedium Risk
Risk Percentile28th86th
Tasks at Risk (>50%)5 / 156 / 12
Median Salary$83,720$58,040
Employment43K33K

Skill Comparison

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Sorted by largest difference

Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
Provide Consultation and Advice to Others
Developing Objectives and Strategies
Coaching and Developing Others
Developing and Building Teams
Staffing Organizational Units
Monitoring and Controlling Resources
Selling or Influencing Others
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
Scheduling Work and Activities
Personnel and Human Resources

Protective Factors

Higher values indicate stronger protection against AI displacement

Urban and Regional Planners

33%

total discount

City and Regional Planning Aides

28%

total discount

Task Risk Comparison

Tasks sorted by AI automation risk — higher means more automatable

Urban and Regional Planners

5 of 15 at risk
85%Create, prepare, or requisition graphic or narrative reports on land use data, including land area maps overlaid with geographic variables such as population density.
55%Keep informed about economic or legal issues involved in zoning codes, building codes, or environmental regulations.
54%Advise planning officials on project feasibility, cost-effectiveness, regulatory conformance, or possible alternatives.
51%Design, promote, or administer government plans or policies affecting land use, zoning, public utilities, community facilities, housing, or transportation.
51%Determine the effects of regulatory limitations on land use projects.

City and Regional Planning Aides

6 of 12 at risk
86%Prepare, maintain and update files and records, including land use data and statistics.
85%Prepare reports, using statistics, charts, and graphs, to illustrate planning studies in areas such as population, land use, or zoning.
84%Prepare, develop and maintain maps and databases.
83%Provide and process zoning and project permits and applications.
74%Perform code enforcement tasks.

Wage Comparison

City and Regional Planning Aides earns -$25,680(-31%) vs Urban and Regional Planners
Urban and Regional PlannersCity and Regional Planning Aides
10th
$55,590$36,410
25th
$66,210$46,190
Median
$83,720$58,040
75th
$104,450$73,060
90th
$128,550$100,620

Premium Head-to-Head Analysis

Displacement Timeline Comparison

Urban and Regional Planners2028–2035
City and Regional Planning Aides2028–2035
20242030203520402045

Urban and Regional Planners has a longer runway before significant displacement, projected 0 years later than City and Regional Planning Aides.

Risk-Adjusted Salary

Salary weighted by displacement risk: salary × (1 − risk%)

Urban and Regional Planners

$60,622

from $83,720

City and Regional Planning Aides

$33,559

from $58,040

After adjusting for AI risk, Urban and Regional Planners offers $27,063 more in risk-adjusted pay.

Transition Feasibility

1%

Skill Overlap

Low overlap — significant retraining needed for transition

0

Unique to Urban

0

Unique to City

Combined Protection Strategy

Regardless of which path you choose, focus on these protective factors

Creativity
Social Intelligence
Decision Complexity
Fine Manipulation
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