How much do First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers make in Baton Rouge, LA?

Percentile spread

For First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers, the published 10th percentile is $52,100 and the 90th percentile is $173,320. The difference is $121,220, which is 126.5% 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 $66,060 to the 75th at $136,790, covers $70,730.

The mean annual wage is $105,960, which sits above the median of $95,810. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Baton Rouge, LA median is 28.7% higher than the national median of $74,450 for First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $105,541, which is 41.8% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 23.6% higher than the Louisiana median of $77,520.

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 $95,810 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers at $105,541 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 Production and Operating Workers. Baton Rouge, LA ranks 1st 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 $64,490 and employment of 180. That median is 32.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $76,356, against $105,541 here.
• Lafayette, LA is 70 miles away, with a median of $69,720 and employment of 820. That median is 27.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $79,946, against $105,541 here.
• Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA is 70 miles away, with a median of $63,060 and employment of 220. That median is 34.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $68,007, against $105,541 here.

Employment share

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers accounts for 0.55% of wage-and-salary employment in Baton Rouge, LA (2,270 of 409,690). Nationally the occupation is 0.43% of employment (673,430 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.28 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.