City of Baton Rouge / East Baton Rouge Parish / Animal Control & Rescue Center

Agency file

Animal Control & Rescue Center

Source file: Open Data BR — City-Parish Employee Salaries / ingested Jun 18, 2026

The Animal Control & Rescue Center provides fire protection and emergency response, including prevention, inspection, rescue, and medical aid.

In 2025, this agency had 17 employees with median total compensation of $38,976; the highest distinct record was $75,668.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $625.9K
Employees: 17
Median total: $38,976
Highest record: $75,668

What the records show

Compensation analytics

These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.

Salary distribution

$1,670$75,668+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 17 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($38,976) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $33,302 (90%)
Overtime — $2,757 (7%)
Other — $756 (2%)
Benefits — $0 (0%)

What an average paycheck here is made of — base salary versus overtime, other pay (bonuses, allowances), and benefits. A large overtime or other-pay share means take-home often exceeds base salary.

Pay percentiles

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$6,970

$24,100

$38,976

$46,199

$53,173

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $53,173 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $6,970. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Animal Control Officer I

7 · $11,847

Animal Control Officer II

3 · $42,596

Humane Enforcement Officer

2 · $49,197

Animal Control Operations Manager

1 · $75,668

Director Animal Control & Rescue

1 · $75,142

The most common job titles in this department by headcount, with the median total compensation for each. Click a title to see everyone who holds it.

Trend

Year over year

How this department's total payroll, headcount, and median pay changed across the 2 published years.

Year	Total payroll	Employees	Median pay
2024	$675.8K —	21 —	$38,976 —
2025	$625.9K ▼ 7.4%	17 ▼ 19.0%	$38,976 ±0%

Compare

Similar departments

Departments elsewhere with the most similar mix of roles — a proxy for the same kind of agency, matched by workforce composition rather than name. Pay is not cost-of-living adjusted.

Dps - Animal Control City of Las Vegas91% match
Animal Care and Control Los Angeles County80% match
Chicago Animal Care and Control City of Chicago50% match
Animal Care and Control City of Charlotte47% match
C292 City of Springfield, MA44% match

Record list

Employees

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Lucas Short

Animal Control Officer I/Animal Control & Rescue Center

2024 total comp

$23,235

Sub-department: Animal Control & Rescue Center
Base pay: $19,148
Overtime: $2,332
Other pay: $1,754
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $23,235
Middle name: W

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 800
Employment End Date: Jul 19, 2024
Employment Status: Inactive
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 2174
Pay Location Code: 800
Severance Pay: $1,754
Total Overtime Hours: 89.75

Lucas Short works as a Animal Control Officer I for Animal Control & Rescue Center within Animal Control & Rescue Center. Lucas earned $23,235 in 2024.

Charles Redding

Animal Control Officer II/Animal Control & Rescue Center

2024 total comp

$21,446

Sub-department: Animal Control & Rescue Center
Base pay: $7,289
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $14,157
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $21,446
Middle name: T

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 800
Employment End Date: Feb 10, 2024
Employment Status: Inactive
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 2176
Pay Location Code: 800
Severance Pay: $14,157
Total Overtime Hours: 0

At Animal Control & Rescue Center, Charles Redding serves as a Animal Control Officer II within Animal Control & Rescue Center. Their 2024 pay totaled $21,446.