SOC 27-1021 · Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations · May 2025
How much do Commercial and Industrial Designers make in Baton Rouge, LA?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Commercial and Industrial Designers in Baton Rouge, LA is $104,210. The 10th percentile is $51,720 and the 90th percentile is $138,480. Employment is 30.
Median annual wage
$104,210
- 10th percentile
- $51,720
- 25th percentile
- $73,740
- Median
- $104,210
- 75th percentile
- $110,170
- 90th percentile
- $138,480
- Mean
- $97,390
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For Commercial and Industrial Designers, the published 10th percentile is $51,720 and the 90th percentile is $138,480. The difference is $86,760, which is 83.3% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.
The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $73,740 to the 75th at $110,170, covers $36,430.
The mean annual wage is $97,390, which sits below the median of $104,210. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Baton Rouge, LA median is 24.2% higher than the national median of $83,910 for Commercial and Industrial Designers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $114,794, which is 36.8% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 6.3% higher than the Louisiana median of $98,040.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Baton Rouge, LA is 90.780, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $104,210 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Commercial and Industrial Designers at $114,794 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Commercial and Industrial Designers. Baton Rouge, LA ranks 1st of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).
- New Orleans-Metairie, LA is 126 miles away, with a median of $98,260 and employment of 40. That median is 5.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $106,116, against $114,794 here.
Employment share
Commercial and Industrial Designers accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Baton Rouge, LA (30 of 409,690). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (33,490 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.34 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.
Highest-paying jobs in Baton Rouge, LA · Commercial and Industrial Designers by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices
Questions this page answers
How much do Commercial and Industrial Designers make in Baton Rouge, LA?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Commercial and Industrial Designers in Baton Rouge, LA is $104,210. The 10th percentile is $51,720 and the 90th percentile is $138,480. Employment is 30.
How does that compare with the national median for Commercial and Industrial Designers?
The local median is 24.2% higher than the national median of $83,910.
What is Commercial and Industrial Designers pay in Baton Rouge, LA after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Baton Rouge, LA is 90.780, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $104,210 is $114,794. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.
How does Baton Rouge, LA compare with nearby metros for Commercial and Industrial Designers?
New Orleans-Metairie, LA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 126 miles away, at $98,260. Baton Rouge, LA ranks 1st of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.