Planners spend a considerable amount of time in an office setting. However, in order to gather data about the areas they develop, planners also spend much of their time outdoors examining the surrounding land, structures, and traffic. Most planners work standard 40-hour weeks, but they may also attend evening or weekend council meetings or public forums to share upcoming development proposals.
Planners work alone and with land developers, public officials, civic leaders, and citizens' groups. Occasionally, they may face opposition from interest groups or local citizens against certain development proposals and, as a result, they must have the patience needed to work with disparate groups. The job can be stressful when trying to keep tight deadlines or when defending proposals in both the public and private sectors.
- Ambassadors
- Architects
- Assessors and Appraisers
- Aviation Safety Inspectors
- Bailiffs
- Bank Examiners
- Border Patrol Agents
- Building Performance Diagnosticians
- Campaign Workers
- City Managers
- Civil Engineering Technicians
- Civil Engineers
- Computer-Aided Design Drafters and Technicians
- Congressional Aides
- Construction Inspectors
- Construction Managers
- Credit Analysts
- Cryptographic Technicians
- Customs Officials
- Demographers
- Deputy U.S. Marshals
- Drafters
- Economists
- Emergency Management Directors
- Engineers
- Environmental Engineers
- Environmental Lobbyists
- Environmental Planners
- EPA Special Agents
- Ergonomists
- FBI Agents
- Federal and State Officials
- Fish and Game Wardens
- Foreign Service Officers
- Fraud Examiners, Investigators, and Analysts
- Furniture Designers
- Futurists
- Geodetic Surveyors
- Green Builders
- Grounds Managers
- Health and Regulatory Inspectors
- Home Stagers
- Household Movers
- Industrial Designers
- Insurance Policy Processing Workers
- Insurance Underwriters
- Intelligence Officers
- Interior Designers and Decorators
- Interpreters
- Land Acquisition Professionals
- Land Trust or Preserve Managers
- Landscape Architects
- Landscapers
- Loan Officers and Counselors
- Lobbyists
- Military Recruiters
- Military Workers, Enlisted
- National Park Service Employees
- Occupational Safety and Health Workers
- Park Rangers
- Policy Analysts
- Political Columnists and Writers
- Political Consultants
- Political Reporters
- Political Scientists
- Political Speechwriters
- Press Secretaries
- Property and Real Estate Managers
- Public Opinion Researchers
- Real Estate Agents and Brokers
- Real Estate Clerks
- Real Estate Developers
- Real Estate Educators
- Real Estate Lawyers
- Real Estate Writers
- Recycling Coordinators
- Regional and Local Officials
- Secret Service Special Agents
- Statisticians
- Surveyors
- Swimming Pool Designers
- Title Searchers and Examiners
- Traffic Engineers
- Translators
- Transportation Planners