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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Katrice Belezaire

Heavy Equipment Operator/Maintenance

2025 total comp

$44,247

Sub-department: Maintenance-Street Maintenance
Base pay: $33,233
Overtime: $10,923
Other pay: $90
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $44,247
Middle name: M

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 7600
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 1164
Pay Location Code: 7630
Special Assignment Pay: $90
Total Overtime Hours: 445.5
Unique ID: 0x04710214C0D0535C0405E10B9A237D68EA94CD3A

At Maintenance, Katrice Belezaire serves as a Heavy Equipment Operator within Maintenance-Street Maintenance. Their 2025 pay totaled $44,247.

Gregory Square

Heavy Equipment Operator/Maintenance

2025 total comp

$42,487

Sub-department: Maintenance-Drainage Maintenance
Base pay: $37,409
Overtime: $5,078
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $42,487
Middle name: A

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 7600
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 1164
Pay Location Code: 7640
Total Overtime Hours: 188
Unique ID: 0xA793F807940238EEA00D1AA91492B9B10476C45B

At Maintenance, Gregory Square serves as a Heavy Equipment Operator within Maintenance-Drainage Maintenance. Their 2025 pay totaled $42,487.

Gerry Sanchez

Heavy Equipment Operator/Maintenance

2025 total comp

$42,150

Sub-department: Maintenance-Drainage Maintenance
Base pay: $40,925
Overtime: $1,225
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $42,150
Middle name: J

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 7600
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 1164
Pay Location Code: 7640
Total Overtime Hours: 41.5
Unique ID: 0x294584E3F792CFE0D08E752B26164BC8173E7A95

At Maintenance, Gerry Sanchez serves as a Heavy Equipment Operator within Maintenance-Drainage Maintenance. Their 2025 pay totaled $42,150.

Cleo Knighten

Heavy Equipment Operator/Maintenance

2025 total comp

$41,804

Sub-department: Maintenance-Drainage Maintenance
Base pay: $36,320
Overtime: $5,485
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $41,804
Middle name: R

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 7600
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 1164
Pay Location Code: 7640
Total Overtime Hours: 209.75
Unique ID: 0x8B270AC2C95070830A7BF0C060AE8809C4C06B1A

Cleo Knighten is a Heavy Equipment Operator at Maintenance within Maintenance-Drainage Maintenance. 2025 total compensation came to $41,804.

James Golman

Heavy Equipment Operator/Maintenance

2025 total comp

$41,112

Sub-department: Maintenance-Landscape-Gf
Base pay: $40,787
Overtime: $325
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $41,112

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 7600
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 1164
Pay Location Code: 7620
Total Overtime Hours: 8.33
Unique ID: 0x2EE1AA43AEF4FD57145B0F8288B0561A003470CE

James Golman works as a Heavy Equipment Operator for Maintenance within Maintenance-Landscape-Gf. James earned $41,112 in 2025.

Ernest Bell

Heavy Equipment Operator/Maintenance

2025 total comp

$40,915

Sub-department: Maintenance-Drainage Maintenance
Base pay: $40,915
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $40,915
Middle name: R

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: 0x260DCC7B5B2C83DE295DD43F7FBC75BC39F857B9

At Maintenance, Ernest Bell serves as a Heavy Equipment Operator within Maintenance-Drainage Maintenance. Their 2025 pay totaled $40,915.