How much do Slaughterers and Meat Packers make in Baton Rouge, LA?

Percentile spread

For Slaughterers and Meat Packers, the published 10th percentile is $23,230 and the 90th percentile is $50,640. The difference is $27,410, which is 83.4% 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 $25,770 to the 75th at $40,190, covers $14,420.

The mean annual wage is $34,090, which sits above the median of $32,870. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Baton Rouge, LA median is 18.1% lower than the national median of $40,130 for Slaughterers and Meat Packers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $36,208, which is 9.8% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 18.1% lower than the Louisiana median of $40,120.

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 $32,870 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Slaughterers and Meat Packers at $36,208 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 Slaughterers and Meat Packers. Baton Rouge, LA ranks 2nd 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).).

• Jackson, MS is 144 miles away, with a median of $34,530 and employment of 470. That median is 5.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $38,777, against $36,208 here.

Employment share

Slaughterers and Meat Packers accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Baton Rouge, LA (50 of 409,690). Nationally the occupation is 0.04% of employment (69,950 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.27 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.