City of Baton Rouge / East Baton Rouge Parish / Human Resources

Agency file

Human Resources

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

The Human Resources provides central administrative services — personnel, procurement, facilities, and internal operations.

In 2025, this agency had 32 employees with median total compensation of $53,246; the highest distinct record was $134,204.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $1.8M
Employees: 32
Median total: $53,246
Highest record: $134,204

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$9,603$97,450+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 32 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($53,246) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $52,576 (96%)
Overtime — $0 (0%)
Other — $2,408 (4%)
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

$13,479

$35,845

$53,246

$72,734

$95,513

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $95,513 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $13,479. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Human Resources Analyst

11 · $48,534

Senior Human Resources Analyst

6 · $70,550

Human Resources Division Manager

5 · $95,513

Senior Human Resources Specialist

4 · $41,768

Human Resources Director

1 · $134,204

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	$2M —	38 —	$49,263 —
2025	$1.8M ▼ 10.0%	32 ▼ 15.8%	$53,246 ▲ 8.1%

Compare

Similar departments

Departments elsewhere with the most similar mix of roles — a proxy for the same kind of agency, matched by workforce composition rather than name. Pay is not cost-of-living adjusted.

HR Employees Relations Metro Nashville51% match
Human Resources Department Los Angeles County44% match
Department of Human Resource Management Utah43% match

Record list

Employees

Page 1

Marrena Sample

Human Resources Division Manager/Human Resources

2025 total comp

$72,734

Sub-department: Hr-Recruiting & Examination
Base pay: $72,734
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $72,734
Middle name: V

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 4600
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 1578
Pay Location Code: 4612
Total Overtime Hours: 0
Unique ID: 0xC8651CB17A0BC7AF738D14E9EC49051340EA071D

At Human Resources, Marrena Sample serves as a Human Resources Division Manager within Hr-Recruiting & Examination. Their 2025 pay totaled $72,734.