City of Baton Rouge / East Baton Rouge Parish / Buildings and Grounds

Agency file

Buildings and Grounds

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

The Buildings and Grounds is a government agency that delivers public services and programs within its jurisdiction.

In 2025, this agency had 61 employees with median total compensation of $44,244; the highest distinct record was $123,341.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $2.9M
Employees: 61
Median total: $44,244
Highest record: $123,341

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$3,774$97,208+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 61 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($44,244) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $42,276 (88%)
Overtime — $3,218 (7%)
Other — $2,281 (5%)
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

$23,250

$26,619

$44,244

$61,775

$78,724

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $78,724 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $23,250. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Trades Specialist

15 · $51,463

Custodian

9 · $23,408

Mechanical Operations Supervisor

5 · $75,253

Senior Trades Specialist

4 · $62,586

Housekeeper

4 · $27,619

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	$3.3M —	68 —	$49,665 —
2025	$2.9M ▼ 11.4%	61 ▼ 10.3%	$44,244 ▼ 10.9%

Record list

Employees

Page 1

Jeremy Kirkwood

Mechanical Operations Supervisor/Buildings and Grounds

2025 total comp

$64,037

Sub-department: Bldg&Ground-Building Maintenance
Base pay: $63,487
Overtime: $549
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $64,037
Middle name: W

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 7800
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 1142
Pay Location Code: 7830
Total Overtime Hours: 12
Unique ID: 0xEFD4B75ACA1EDE0C5AAC02465552865354BCAE24

At Buildings and Grounds, Jeremy Kirkwood serves as a Mechanical Operations Supervisor within Bldg&Ground-Building Maintenance. Their 2025 pay totaled $64,037.

Sam Guy

Senior Trades Specialist/Buildings and Grounds

2025 total comp

$64,029

Sub-department: Bldg&Ground-Prison Maintenance
Base pay: $49,464
Overtime: $13,365
Other pay: $1,200
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $64,029

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 7800
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 1138
Pay Adjustments: $228
Pay Location Code: 7831
Prison Assignment Pay: $972
Total Overtime Hours: 364.5

Sam Guy works as a Senior Trades Specialist for Buildings and Grounds within Bldg&Ground-Prison Maintenance. Sam earned $64,029 in 2025.

William Ruth

Senior Trades Specialist/Buildings and Grounds

2024 total comp

$64,014

Sub-department: Bldg&Ground-Building Maintenance
Base pay: $40,697
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $23,316
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $64,014

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 7800
Employment End Date: Aug 16, 2024
Employment Status: Inactive
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 1138
Pay Location Code: 7830
Severance Pay: $23,316
Total Overtime Hours: 0

William Ruth holds the role of Senior Trades Specialist at Buildings and Grounds within Bldg&Ground-Building Maintenance. In 2024, their total compensation was $64,014.

Sean Johnson

Chief Architect/Buildings and Grounds

2024 total comp

$63,667

Sub-department: Bldg&Ground-Architectural Service
Base pay: $59,658
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $4,010
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $63,667
Middle name: M

Source-specific fields

Car Allowance: $3,139
Department Number: 7800
Employment End Date: Aug 20, 2024
Employment Status: Inactive
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 1016
Pay Location Code: 7820
Severance Pay: $871

Sean Johnson works as a Chief Architect for Buildings and Grounds within Bldg&Ground-Architectural Service. Sean earned $63,667 in 2024.

Henry Page

Mechanical Operations Supervisor/Buildings and Grounds

2025 total comp

$62,317

Sub-department: Bldg&Ground-Building Maintenance
Base pay: $59,775
Overtime: $2,541
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $62,317
Middle name: C

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 7800
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 1142
Pay Location Code: 7830
Total Overtime Hours: 59
Unique ID: 0xDC229A47243AD58815F1EAD9729DE3B340FE4824

At Buildings and Grounds, Henry Page serves as a Mechanical Operations Supervisor within Bldg&Ground-Building Maintenance. Their 2025 pay totaled $62,317.