City of Baton Rouge / East Baton Rouge Parish / Maintenance / Heavy Equipment Operator

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Heavy Equipment Operator

Operate, maintain, and repair equipment or facilities, performing skilled hands-on work.

46 employees hold this title in Maintenance. Median total compensation for the role is $29,128, above the department median of $25,613.

Employees: 46
Total payroll: $1.1M
Role median: $29,128
Agency median: $25,613
Comparison: Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$0$42,663+

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How total compensation varies among the 46 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.

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This role across City of Baton Rouge / East Baton Rouge Parish

Heavy Equipment Operator is held in 5 City of Baton Rouge / East Baton Rouge Parish departments. In Maintenance, the median of $29,128 ranks #4 of 5.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Greater Br Airport District

$32,845 · 2

Development

$32,326 · 3

Transportation and Drainage

$31,030 · 1

Environmental Services

$18,324 · 5

Median total compensation for the Heavy Equipment Operator role in other City of Baton Rouge / East Baton Rouge Parishdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

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Heavy Equipment Operator beyond City of Baton Rouge / East Baton Rouge Parish

This role is reported in 12 jurisdictions. In City of Baton Rouge / East Baton Rouge Parish, the median of $28,585 ranks #10 of 12. See Heavy Equipment Operator across all of City of Baton Rouge / East Baton Rouge Parish →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

City of Las Vegas

$118,116 · 21

City of Milwaukee

$107,260 · 114

Ramsey County, Minnesota

$62,644 · 56

$58,280 · 17

$53,921 · 36

$51,783 · 261

$45,562 · 135

$43,088 · 11

Median total compensation for comparable Heavy Equipment Operatorroles 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.

Record list

Employees with this title

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James Brown

Heavy Equipment Operator/Maintenance

2025 total comp

$29,670

Sub-department: Maintenance-Drainage Maintenance
Base pay: $29,670
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $29,670
Middle name: E

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 7600
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 1164
Pay Location Code: 7640
Total Overtime Hours: 0
Unique ID: 0x82A50612A57AD5C00B0DF9BAFBCD379D25C6FBDA

At Maintenance, James Brown serves as a Heavy Equipment Operator within Maintenance-Drainage Maintenance. Their 2025 pay totaled $29,670.

Braylon Welch

Heavy Equipment Operator/Maintenance

2025 total comp

$28,585

Sub-department: Maintenance-Street Maintenance
Base pay: $26,429
Overtime: $2,156
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $28,585
Middle name: X

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 7600
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 1164
Pay Location Code: 7630
Total Overtime Hours: 110
Unique ID: 0x854812B4121A1A0E05F3241778BF645D5833FDDF

Braylon Welch works as a Heavy Equipment Operator for Maintenance within Maintenance-Street Maintenance. Braylon earned $28,585 in 2025.

Yin Chiu

Heavy Equipment Operator/Maintenance

2025 total comp

$28,374

Sub-department: Maintenance-Drainage Maintenance
Base pay: $15,912
Overtime: $247
Other pay: $12,215
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $28,374
Middle name: T

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 7600
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 1164
Pay Location Code: 7640
Total Overtime Hours: 10
Unique ID: 0xE648CA1680F191584FA35225228B65A12FC4D821
Workers' Compensation: $12,215

Yin Chiu holds the role of Heavy Equipment Operator at Maintenance within Maintenance-Drainage Maintenance. In 2025, their total compensation was $28,374.