City of Baton Rouge / East Baton Rouge Parish / City Court
Agency file
The City Court operates the court system — adjudicating cases and maintaining judicial records.
In 2025, this agency had 190 employees with median total compensation of $17,010; the highest distinct record was $142,388.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 190 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($17,010) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.
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.
The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $59,162 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $2,640. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).
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
How this department's total payroll, headcount, and median pay changed across the 2 published years.
| Year | Total payroll | Employees | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.4M — | 160 — | $32,939 — |
| 2025 | $5.1M ▼ 4.9% | 190 ▲ 18.8% | $17,010 ▼ 48.4% |
Record list
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Ad Hoc Judge/City Court
Source-specific fields
Russell Jones works as a Ad Hoc Judge for City Court within City Court. Russell earned $30,274 in 2025.