Planning Specialist Salary in San Diego, California

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As of April 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Planning Specialist in San Diego, CA is $90,144. According to Salary.com, salaries can range from a low of $68,973 to a high of $121,151, with most professionals earning between $79,062 and $106,374.

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Lead the process of inventory management by setting finished product and materials safety stock levels which both support customer service levels and production deviations while minimizing corporate inventory investment and write-offs of obsolete items.

November 30, 2022

Supports the integration of program plans and schedules, horizontally and vertically, across company functional, product groups, suppliers and partners of moderate complexity.

January 02, 2023

Provide leadership and coordination support consistent with NOAA and DOC enterprise architecture and security policies assuring contingency and disaster recovery plans and activities are accurately documented and maintained, tested annually, and coordinated in a timely manner.

January 23, 2023

Selectee informed in advance of the reasons for and conditions of this temporary promotion may return to his/her former grade when temporary action is no longer needed and may be effected at any time without adverse action procedures.

January 25, 2023

Participates as part of a network team in the rollout and supports all facets of network technologies under the Network Systems Departmental responsibilities including LAN and WAN networking, deployment of an MPLS/DWDM core, Cisco UCS and legacy datacenters, departmental Vlans, 100+ remote sites, VoIP, Cisco Wireless.

February 12, 2023

Prepare required internal activities reporting within established corporation procedures and time frames including Expense Reports, Pipeline Management Reports, Business Planning Reports, Sales Activity Reports, Organic Sales Reports and External COI Calling Effort Reports.

February 12, 2023

Works with manufacturing team and develops monthly production volume planning using the business forecast, inventory position, actual customer orders, and the defined capacity parameters.

March 28, 2023

Manage interdisciplinary projects including budgets, technical staff, and reports related to NEPA compliance documents, particularly Environmental Assessments for a variety of project types (oil and gas, water resources, renewable energy, transmission, mining, and transportation).

April 17, 2023

Reviews production orders or schedules, based on MRP or directed communication, to ascertain that product data such as part drawings, or molds have locations and are available in the operations, and manufacturing orders .

April 21, 2023

Assists in internal development and administration of WM staff by pro-actively supporting Wealth Advisors' requests for information, proposals and personal presentations, mentors and guides FNBIA staff members and maintains current knowledge of FNTC and FNBIA products and services offered throughout Wealth Management.

May 10, 2023

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Average Salary Range for Planning Specialist in San Diego, CA

Average Base Salary

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79062

106374

90144

Average Total Cash Compensation

Includes base and annual incentives

81439

111464

94300

What is the average salary for Planning Specialist in 2025?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Planning Specialist in San Diego, CA. The base salary for Planning Specialist ranges from $79,062 to $106,374 with the average base salary of $90,144. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $81,439 to $111,464 with the average total cash compensation of $94,300.

View Average Salary for Planning Specialist as table

	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$90,144	$79,062 - $106,374
Bonus	$4,156	$2,377 - $5,090
Total Pay	$94,300	$81,439 - $111,464

* Base Salary represents gross income before taxes and deductions. It does not include additional pay such as benefits, bonuses, profit sharing or commissions.

* Total Pay combines base salary, bonuses, profit sharing, tips, commissions, overtime pay and other forms of cash earnings, as applicable for this job.

Planning Specialist Salary Near San Diego, CA

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO San Diego, CA
CITY, STATE El Cajon, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $78,829 - $106,060	COMPARE TO San Diego, CA
CITY, STATE Chula Vista, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $79,062 - $106,374	COMPARE TO San Diego, CA 0%
CITY, STATE Escondido, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $78,624 - $105,785	COMPARE TO San Diego, CA
CITY, STATE Oceanside, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $78,880 - $106,129	COMPARE TO San Diego, CA
CITY, STATE Carlsbad, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $78,624 - $105,785	COMPARE TO San Diego, CA
CITY, STATE Murrieta, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $78,500 - $105,618	COMPARE TO San Diego, CA

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About San Diego, California

According to SDSU professor emeritus Monte Marshall, San Diego Bay is "the surface expression of a north-south-trending, nested graben". The Rose Canyon and Point Loma fault zones are part of the San Andreas Fault system. About 40 miles (64 km) east of the bay are the Laguna Mountains in the Peninsular Ranges, which are part of the backbone of the American continents. The city lies on approximately 200 deep canyons and hills separating its mesas, creating small pockets of natural open space scattered throughout the city and giving it a hilly geography. Traditionally, San Diegans have built the...

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