Compared with the local labor market
Maintenance Worker I pay vs. the Baton Rouge, LA area
Across all employers in the Baton Rouge, LA area, the median wage for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General — about 3,910 people — is $46,150. Buildings and Grounds pays a median base salary of $33,669 for this role, 27% below that figure — about the 19th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Buildings and Grounds sits in the local pay range
$28,960
$36,770
$46,150
$59,510
$77,420
Buildings and Grounds median · $33,669
The bar is the range of annual wages for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General across every employer in the Baton Rouge, LA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Buildings and Grounds’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General — about 1,529,700 people — is $49,590. Buildings and Grounds’s median base salary is 32% below that national figure, below the 10th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$35,350
$40,840
$49,590
$62,620
$77,180
Buildings and Grounds median · $33,669
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Baton Rouge, LA range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Buildings and Grounds is $33,669, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
This role across City of Baton Rouge / East Baton Rouge Parish
Maintenance Worker I is held in 3 City of Baton Rouge / East Baton Rouge Parish departments. In Buildings and Grounds, the median of $33,669 ranks #1 of 3.
Highest-paying departments for this role
Median total compensation for the Maintenance Worker I role in other City of Baton Rouge / East Baton Rouge Parishdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
Maintenance Worker beyond City of Baton Rouge / East Baton Rouge Parish
This role is reported in 11 jurisdictions. In City of Baton Rouge / East Baton Rouge Parish, the median of $21,906 ranks #10 of 11. See Maintenance Worker across all of City of Baton Rouge / East Baton Rouge Parish →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable Maintenance Workerroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.