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

Joseph Butler

Buildings & Grounds Director/Buildings and Grounds

2025 total comp

$123,341

Sub-department: Bldg&Ground-Administration
Base pay: $117,651
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $5,690
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $123,341

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 7800
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 3008
Pay Location Code: 7810
Total Overtime Hours: 0
Unique ID: 0xD92B74D1DC3CCD63BF407F58B3DFAF6D97E68551

Joseph Butler is a Buildings & Grounds Director at Buildings and Grounds within Bldg&Ground-Administration. 2025 total compensation came to $123,341.

Robert Gray

Chief Architect/Buildings and Grounds

2025 total comp

$97,207

Sub-department: Bldg&Ground-Architectural Service
Base pay: $93,053
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $4,155
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $97,207
Middle name: R

Source-specific fields

Car Allowance: $4,062
Department Number: 7800
Employee Reimbursement: $93
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 1016
Pay Location Code: 7820
Total Overtime Hours: 0

Robert Gray works as a Chief Architect for Buildings and Grounds within Bldg&Ground-Architectural Service. Robert earned $97,207 in 2025.

Stephen Long

Senior Architect/Buildings and Grounds

2025 total comp

$94,532

Sub-department: Bldg&Ground-Architectural Service
Base pay: $94,532
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $94,532
Middle name: M

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 7800
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 1012
Pay Location Code: 7820
Total Overtime Hours: 0
Unique ID: 0xC9F13C16144065A9EBCCB216F3EC832B33E1693C

Stephen Long holds the role of Senior Architect at Buildings and Grounds within Bldg&Ground-Architectural Service. In 2025, their total compensation was $94,532.