City of Baton Rouge / East Baton Rouge Parish / City Court

Agency file

City Court

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

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.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $5.1M
Employees: 190
Median total: $17,010
Highest record: $142,388

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$30$100,758+

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

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.

Average pay composition

Base — $24,984 (93%)
Overtime — $0 (0%)
Other — $1,994 (7%)
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

$2,640

$6,356

$17,010

$41,554

$59,162

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).

Largest job titles

Emergency Worker

26 · $5,972

College Student Intern

23 · $2,348

Legal Specialist

15 · $17,075

Deputy Clerk of City Court

13 · $36,633

Senior Legal Specialist

12 · $29,487

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	$5.4M —	160 —	$32,939 —
2025	$5.1M ▼ 4.9%	190 ▲ 18.8%	$17,010 ▼ 48.4%

Record list

Employees

Page 1

Yvette Alexander

City Court Judge/City Court

2025 total comp

$142,388

Sub-department: City Court
Base pay: $121,095
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $21,293
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $142,388
Middle name: M

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 2000
Employee Reimbursement: $16,290
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 9525
Pay Adjustments: $5,003
Pay Location Code: 2010
Total Overtime Hours: 0

Yvette Alexander works as a City Court Judge for City Court within City Court. Yvette earned $142,388 in 2025.

Judy Vendetto

City Court Judge/City Court

2025 total comp

$128,207

Sub-department: City Court
Base pay: $121,095
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $7,111
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $128,207
Middle name: M

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 2000
Employee Reimbursement: $2,108
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 9525
Pay Adjustments: $5,003
Pay Location Code: 2010
Total Overtime Hours: 0

Judy Vendetto is a City Court Judge at City Court within City Court. 2025 total compensation came to $128,207.

Kelli Temple

City Court Judge/City Court

2025 total comp

$126,854

Sub-department: City Court
Base pay: $121,095
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $5,759
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $126,854
Middle name: T

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 2000
Employee Reimbursement: $756
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 9525
Pay Adjustments: $5,003
Pay Location Code: 2010
Total Overtime Hours: 0

Kelli Temple is a City Court Judge at City Court within City Court. 2025 total compensation came to $126,854.

Brittany Jorden

City Court Judge/City Court

2025 total comp

$121,802

Sub-department: City Court
Base pay: $115,506
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $6,296
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $121,802
Middle name: B

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 2000
Employee Reimbursement: $1,293
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 9525
Pay Adjustments: $5,003
Pay Location Code: 2010
Total Overtime Hours: 0

Brittany Jorden holds the role of City Court Judge at City Court within City Court. In 2025, their total compensation was $121,802.

Chiquita Jackson

Clerk of City Crt/Judicial Administrative/City Court

2025 total comp

$100,758

Sub-department: City Court
Base pay: $88,986
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $11,772
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $100,758
Middle name: H

Source-specific fields

Car Allowance: $3,877
Department Number: 2000
Employee Reimbursement: $1,714
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 3010
Pay Location Code: 2010
Severance Pay: $6,182

Chiquita Jackson holds the role of Clerk of City Crt/Judicial Administrative at City Court within City Court. In 2025, their total compensation was $100,758.