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

Katelyn Thorne

Engineering Aide III/Transportation and Drainage

2024 total comp

$16,837

Sub-department: Tran & Drain-Traffic Engineer
Base pay: $15,656
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $1,180
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $16,837
Middle name: K

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 7100
Employment End Date: Nov 21, 2024
Employment Status: Inactive
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 1024
Pay Location Code: 7140
Severance Pay: $1,180
Total Overtime Hours: 0

Katelyn Thorne holds the role of Engineering Aide III at Transportation and Drainage within Tran & Drain-Traffic Engineer. In 2024, their total compensation was $16,837.

Christopher Guy

Maintenance Worker II/Transportation and Drainage

2024 total comp

$15,847

Sub-department: Tran & Drain-Traffic Engineer
Base pay: $14,838
Overtime: $297
Other pay: $712
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $15,847
Middle name: O

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 7100
Employment End Date: Oct 29, 2024
Employment Status: Inactive
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 1160
Pay Location Code: 7140
Severance Pay: $712
Total Overtime Hours: 16.25

At Transportation and Drainage, Christopher Guy serves as a Maintenance Worker II within Tran & Drain-Traffic Engineer. Their 2024 pay totaled $15,847.

Zari Ledet

Engineering Aide III/Transportation and Drainage

2024 total comp

$15,690

Sub-department: Tran & Drain-Field Engineering
Base pay: $15,270
Overtime: $318
Other pay: $102
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $15,690
Middle name: N

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 7100
Employment End Date: Apr 19, 2024
Employment Status: Inactive
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 1024
Pay Location Code: 7130
Severance Pay: $102
Total Overtime Hours: 10

At Transportation and Drainage, Zari Ledet serves as a Engineering Aide III within Tran & Drain-Field Engineering. Their 2024 pay totaled $15,690.

Ray Muhammad

Traffic Signal Technician I/Transportation and Drainage

2025 total comp

$13,590

Sub-department: Tran & Drain-Traffic Engineer
Base pay: $13,590
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $13,590

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 7100
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 1238
Pay Location Code: 7140
Total Overtime Hours: 0
Unique ID: 0xFD160937A5D8326B338FF5DA5C2CD52589EAEC0A

Ray Muhammad holds the role of Traffic Signal Technician I at Transportation and Drainage within Tran & Drain-Traffic Engineer. In 2025, their total compensation was $13,590.

Cedric Payne

Maintenance Worker II/Transportation and Drainage

2025 total comp

$13,372

Sub-department: Tran & Drain-Traffic Engineer
Base pay: $11,316
Overtime: $719
Other pay: $1,338
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $13,372
Middle name: D

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 7100
Employment End Date: May 13, 2025
Employment Status: Inactive
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 1160
Pay Location Code: 7140
Severance Pay: $1,338
Total Overtime Hours: 37.5

Cedric Payne holds the role of Maintenance Worker II at Transportation and Drainage within Tran & Drain-Traffic Engineer. In 2025, their total compensation was $13,372.