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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Jacob Shaffett

Legislative Assistant II/Metropolitan Council

2025 total comp

$54,526

Sub-department: Metro-Council District 09
Base pay: $54,526
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $54,526
Middle name: S

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 100
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 3516
Pay Location Code: 109
Total Overtime Hours: 0
Unique ID: 0xAB0A3877027E5536CEB6B1FEF6A9EE550EE4689E

Jacob Shaffett holds the role of Legislative Assistant II at Metropolitan Council within Metro-Council District 09. In 2025, their total compensation was $54,526.

Emily Fontenot

Legislative Assistant II/Metropolitan Council

2025 total comp

$53,767

Sub-department: Metro-Council District 07
Base pay: $52,831
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $936
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $53,767

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 100
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 3516
Pay Adjustments: $936
Pay Location Code: 107
Total Overtime Hours: 0
Unique ID: 0x6B32343541739F2C2CFED5F90E79F8C083D0208E

Emily Fontenot is a Legislative Assistant II at Metropolitan Council within Metro-Council District 07. 2025 total compensation came to $53,767.