How much do Sales and Related Workers, All Other make in Baton Rouge, LA?

Percentile spread

For Sales and Related Workers, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $24,320 and the 90th percentile is $61,720. The difference is $37,400, which is 102.0% 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 $27,710 to the 75th at $43,280, covers $15,570.

The mean annual wage is $39,690, which sits above the median of $36,650. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Baton Rouge, LA median is 24.1% lower than the national median of $48,280 for Sales and Related Workers, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $40,372, which is 16.4% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 14.6% higher than the Louisiana median of $31,990.

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 $36,650 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Sales and Related Workers, All Other at $40,372 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

7 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Sales and Related Workers, All Other. Baton Rouge, LA ranks 4th of 8 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).).

• Lafayette, LA is 70 miles away, with a median of $28,130 and employment of 80. That median is 23.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $32,256, against $40,372 here.
• Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA is 70 miles away, with a median of $31,990 and employment of 60. That median is 12.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $34,499, against $40,372 here.
• Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA is 83 miles away, with a median of $26,410 and employment of 40. That median is 27.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $31,033, against $40,372 here.

Employment share

Sales and Related Workers, All Other accounts for 0.05% of wage-and-salary employment in Baton Rouge, LA (210 of 409,690). Nationally the occupation is 0.06% of employment (93,180 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.86 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.