Compared with the local labor market
Fire Captain pay vs. the Baton Rouge, LA area
Across all employers in the Baton Rouge, LA area, the median wage for First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers — about 370 people — is $52,900. Fire Department pays a median base salary of $85,927 for this role, 62% above that figure — about the 87th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Fire Department sits in the local pay range
$40,070
$52,900
$52,900
$72,440
$89,000
Fire Department median · $85,927
The bar is the range of annual wages for First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers across every employer in the Baton Rouge, LA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Fire Department’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers — about 99,140 people — is $93,530. Fire Department’s median base salary is 8% below that national figure, about the 41st percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$53,430
$72,140
$93,530
$119,500
$140,010
Fire Department median · $85,927
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.
Computed over the 119 of 121 people in this role paid at least $25,000in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Fire Department is $103,795, 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 jurisdictions
Fire Captain beyond City of Baton Rouge / East Baton Rouge Parish
This role is reported in 19 jurisdictions. In City of Baton Rouge / East Baton Rouge Parish, the median of $103,795 ranks #14 of 19. See Fire Captain across all of City of Baton Rouge / East Baton Rouge Parish →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable Fire Captainroles 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.