City of Baton Rouge / East Baton Rouge Parish / Transportation and Drainage

Agency file

Transportation and Drainage

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

The Transportation and Drainage plans, builds, and maintains transportation infrastructure — roads, bridges, transit, and motor-vehicle services.

In 2025, this agency had 71 employees with median total compensation of $46,771; the highest distinct record was $134,473.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $3.4M
Employees: 71
Median total: $46,771
Highest record: $134,473

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$195$134,455+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 71 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($46,771) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $42,757 (90%)
Overtime — $1,848 (4%)
Other — $2,887 (6%)
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

$2,920

$19,469

$46,771

$66,924

$103,201

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $103,201 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $2,920. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Traffic Signal Trainee

10 · $5,721

Engineering Technician

6 · $59,012

Special Projects Engineer

5 · $122,339

Traffic Signal Technician I

5 · $20,177

Senior Administrative Specialist

4 · $48,394

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	$3.9M —	81 —	$44,471 —
2025	$3.4M ▼ 13.2%	71 ▼ 12.3%	$46,771 ▲ 5.2%

Record list

Employees

Page 1

Fred Raiford

Transportation & Drainage Director/Transportation and Drainage

2025 total comp

$103,201

Sub-department: Tran & Drain-Administration
Base pay: $98,873
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $4,329
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $103,201
Middle name: E

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 7100
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 3080
Pay Location Code: 7110
Total Overtime Hours: 0
Unique ID: 0x52402A141D3822909BD72D8D80CACDBA32FCA2C2

Fred Raiford is a Transportation & Drainage Director at Transportation and Drainage within Tran & Drain-Administration. 2025 total compensation came to $103,201.

Woody Triche

Professional Land Surveyor/Transportation and Drainage

2025 total comp

$103,088

Sub-department: Tran & Drain-Engineering
Base pay: $102,074
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $1,014
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $103,088
Middle name: R

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 7100
Employee Reimbursement: $1,014
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 1028
Pay Location Code: 7120
Total Overtime Hours: 0
Unique ID: 0x9D3E25533E3322D6248F322CC879F8307421807F

At Transportation and Drainage, Woody Triche serves as a Professional Land Surveyor within Tran & Drain-Engineering. Their 2025 pay totaled $103,088.

Thomas Stephens

Chief Design & Construction Engineer/Transportation and Drainage

2025 total comp

$102,223

Sub-department: Tran & Drain-Engineering
Base pay: $38,442
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $63,781
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $102,223
Middle name: A

Source-specific fields

Car Allowance: $2,215
Department Number: 7100
Employment End Date: Apr 9, 2025
Employment Status: Inactive
Engineer License: 4615.44
Job Code: 1046
Pay Location Code: 7120
Severance Pay: $56,951

Thomas Stephens is a Chief Design & Construction Engineer at Transportation and Drainage within Tran & Drain-Engineering. 2025 total compensation came to $102,223.