Call to Action: Share the Salary - American Planning Association Job Board

To promote the planning field as a professional and equitable discipline and to increase our capacity and ability to support our communities, we must advocate for professional planners to be transparent regarding pay.

We can no longer allow organizations and job boards to impede salary transparency by making salary information optional.

Join your fellow community planners and reach out to the American Planning Association and ask them to require salary ranges for all job postings TODAY:

Compensation transparency uplifts us all and helps us work toward a more equitable workplace. Learn more via the info below.

    1. California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, New York, Rhode Island, Oregon, and various local municipalities have passed legislation about compensation transparency. Let’s make sure the APA job board is legally compliant!

    2. Statistically women and people of color are less likely to negotiate salary. Not disclosing salary in a job listing puts these individuals at a disadvantage and perpetuates the wage gap.

    3. If you are an organization looking to hire someone, you will be starting the relationship out with full honesty and transparency. You’ll also generate an applicant pool that will confidently be interested in accepting this position knowing that the compensation will provide a sustainable income.

  • Dear American Planning Association,

    Thank you for providing an accessible platform for planning professionals to seek jobs. If the planning sector wants equality we must elevate the standards for job listings. Please modify your job board to require the posting of salary ranges.

    Adding salary ranges is integral to salary equity. Women and people of color are statistically less likely to negotiate; thus not sharing a salary rage furthers the wage gap. These standards not only benefit the job seeker, but they will also benefit the employer. Job seekers will not waste their time on job applications if they do not know if the job will provide an income needed to take care of themselves and/or their family. Employers will increase efficiency in the hiring process by accepting applications from people who know they are comfortable with the proposed salary.

    Overtime, salary transparency can lead to a more inclusive and equitable planning profession. Please amend your job board submission standards for the betterment of the planning field and our communities.

    For more information, please read the following articles >Insert Links for Additional Information<.

    Sincerely,

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