How much do First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers make in Baton Rouge, LA?

Percentile spread

For First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers, the published 10th percentile is $50,740 and the 90th percentile is $133,250. The difference is $82,510, which is 104.7% 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 $62,910 to the 75th at $105,990, covers $43,080.

The mean annual wage is $87,840, which sits above the median of $78,770. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Baton Rouge, LA median is 1.4% lower than the national median of $79,860 for First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $86,770, which is 8.7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 4.3% higher than the Louisiana median of $75,550.

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 $78,770 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers at $86,770 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

13 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers. Baton Rouge, LA ranks 3rd of 14 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).).

• Hammond, LA is 43 miles away, with a median of $63,900 and employment of 230. That median is 18.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $75,657, against $86,770 here.
• Lafayette, LA is 70 miles away, with a median of $68,620 and employment of 830. That median is 12.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $78,685, against $86,770 here.
• Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA is 70 miles away, with a median of $73,150 and employment of 380. That median is 7.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $78,888, against $86,770 here.

Employment share

First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers accounts for 0.54% of wage-and-salary employment in Baton Rouge, LA (2,230 of 409,690). Nationally the occupation is 0.40% of employment (617,500 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.37 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.