City of Baton Rouge / East Baton Rouge Parish / Accountant
Role across City of Baton Rouge / East Baton Rouge Parish
Accountant
Maintain financial records, prepare budgets and reports, and ensure compliance with fiscal rules.
14 people hold the Accountant role across 7 departments in City of Baton Rouge / East Baton Rouge Parish, with a median total compensation of $55,193. Among 38 jurisdictions where this role is reported, City of Baton Rouge / East Baton Rouge Parish ranks #28 by median pay.
- Employees
- 14
- Median pay
- $55,193
- Departments
- 7
- Cross-jurisdiction
- #28 of 38
Compared with the local labor market
Accountant pay vs. the Baton Rouge, LA area
Across all employers in the Baton Rouge, LA area, the median wage for Accountants and Auditors — about 3,410 people — is $73,070. City of Baton Rouge / East Baton Rouge Parish pays a median base salary of $55,193 for this role, 24% below that figure — about the 17th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where City of Baton Rouge / East Baton Rouge Parish sits in the local pay range
The bar is the range of annual wages for Accountants and Auditors across every employer in the Baton Rouge, LA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows City of Baton Rouge / East Baton Rouge Parish’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Accountants and Auditors — about 1,449,500 people — is $83,680. City of Baton Rouge / East Baton Rouge Parish’s median base salary is 34% below that national figure, below the 10th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Baton Rouge, LA range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 11 of 14 people in this role paid at least $25,000in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at City of Baton Rouge / East Baton Rouge Parish is $55,193, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare jurisdictions
Accountant pay in other jurisdictions
Where Accountants are paid most
Median total compensation for comparable Accountantroles in other jurisdictions (highest first). Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not by identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for this role.
Within City of Baton Rouge / East Baton Rouge Parish
Departments with this role
Largest City of Baton Rouge / East Baton Rouge Parish departments for this role
Departments in City of Baton Rouge / East Baton Rouge Parishemploying the most people in this role. Each bar links to that department’s page for the role.