How much do Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons make in Baton Rouge, LA?

Percentile spread

For Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons, the published 10th percentile is $31,240 and the 90th percentile is $47,620. The difference is $16,380, which is 37.0% 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 $37,500 to the 75th at $45,760, covers $8,260.

The mean annual wage is $40,770, which sits below the median of $44,330. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Baton Rouge, LA median is 9.5% higher than the national median of $40,470 for Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons. In 2024 national prices the local median is $48,832, which is 20.7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 18.7% higher than the Louisiana median of $37,340.

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 $44,330 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons at $48,832 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 Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons. 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 $37,240 and employment of 40. That median is 16% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $40,217, against $48,832 here.

Employment share

Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Baton Rouge, LA (80 of 409,690). Nationally the occupation is 0.00% of employment (7,490 of 155,495,730). The local share is 4.05 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.