How much do Transportation Workers, All Other make in Baton Rouge, LA?

Percentile spread

For Transportation Workers, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $38,240 and the 90th percentile is $74,100. The difference is $35,860, which is 78.1% 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 $38,240 to the 75th at $55,340, covers $17,100.

The mean annual wage is $49,730, which sits above the median of $45,920. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Baton Rouge, LA median is 0.6% higher than the national median of $45,650 for Transportation Workers, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $50,584, which is 10.8% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 5.7% higher than the Louisiana median of $43,440.

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 $45,920 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Transportation Workers, All Other at $50,584 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

3 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Transportation Workers, All Other. Baton Rouge, LA ranks 1st of 4 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).).

• Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA is 83 miles away, with a median of $38,160 and employment of 100. That median is 16.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $44,840, against $50,584 here.
• New Orleans-Metairie, LA is 126 miles away, with a median of $45,610 and employment of 260. That median is 0.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,256, against $50,584 here.
• Monroe, LA is 159 miles away, with a median of $43,440 and employment of 50. That median is 5.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $51,964, against $50,584 here.

Employment share

Transportation Workers, All Other accounts for 0.08% of wage-and-salary employment in Baton Rouge, LA (330 of 409,690). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (13,550 of 155,495,730). The local share is 9.24 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.