City of Baton Rouge / East Baton Rouge Parish / Metropolitan Council

Agency file

Metropolitan Council

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

The Metropolitan Council is part of the legislative branch — making laws, setting policy, and overseeing government.

In 2025, this agency had 49 employees with median total compensation of $33,326; the highest distinct record was $65,813.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $1.7M
Employees: 49
Median total: $33,326
Highest record: $65,813

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$2,500$65,408+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 49 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($33,326) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $28,193 (81%)
Overtime — $339 (1%)
Other — $6,374 (18%)
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

$17,138

$24,266

$33,326

$46,028

$54,526

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $54,526 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $17,138. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Council Member

13 · $30,418

Legislative Assistant II

12 · $49,898

Community Service Center Manager (Uncl)

7 · $46,498

Ast to Community Service Center Manager (Uncl)

4 · $40,997

Senior Citizen Aide

4 · $18,038

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	$1.6M —	57 —	$22,454 —
2025	$1.7M ▲ 8.1%	49 ▼ 14.0%	$33,326 ▲ 48.4%

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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.

Mco Administration Metro Nashville56% match
City Council (001) City of Baltimore56% match
Board of Supervisors City and County of San Francisco53% match
Senate Minnesota52% match
Legislative City of Memphis43% match
Legislature Tennessee39% match

Record list

Employees

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Dina Johnson-Cobb

Community Service Center Manager (Uncl)/Metropolitan Council

2025 total comp

$48,235

Sub-department: Community Ctr-Jewel J Newman
Base pay: $45,781
Overtime: $2,157
Other pay: $298
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $48,235
Middle name: A

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 100
Employee Reimbursement: $298
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 3604
Pay Location Code: 172
Total Overtime Hours: 56
Unique ID: 0xF30F881C758E83D5B49AC3ECC5180C7AEB10E175

Dina Johnson-Cobb works as a Community Service Center Manager (Uncl) for Metropolitan Council within Community Ctr-Jewel J Newman. Dina earned $48,235 in 2025.