Also called: Park and Open Space Planner
Plans new parks, trails, and green spaces and decides how to improve existing ones.
Parks planners survey residents about what they want, from skateparks to pickleball courts, map neighborhoods lacking green space, and work with landscape architects on designs.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in planning, landscape architecture, or recreation.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Urban Planning, Landscape Architecture, Parks and Recreation Management.
Growing about average (about 3% over 10 years). Approximate.
Low risk for 10 years. AI analyzes survey data and drafts plans; site visits and community meetings stay human.
Classes: AP Environmental Science, Art and design, AP Human Geography.
Official data: O*NET occupation 19-3051.
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