Average Pile Driver Operators Salary in Baton Rouge, LA

Pile Driver Operators in Baton Rouge, LA earn a median annual salary of $59,000, which is -16.3% compared to the national median. There are 110 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Baton Rouge, LA (metro area).

$59,000

Baton Rouge, LA median annual wage

$28/hour median

-16.3%

Difference vs national median

National median is $70,510

110

Local employment

0.3 jobs per 1,000 workers

13.47

Location quotient

Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th: $50,930
25th: $58,900
Median: $59,000
75th: $59,780
90th: $61,770

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Baton Rouge, LA, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity

90.8%

Exact metro RPP match

Median wage adjusted to the national price level

$64,992

Goods: 93.7%
Services: 71.2%
Rents: 74.2%

Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

Metro	Median annual wage	Compare	Employment
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$133,080	Compare	130
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$125,070	Compare	40
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$118,960	Compare	170
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$114,470	Compare	80
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$103,790	Compare	260
Anchorage, AK	$87,630	Compare	60

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Baton Rouge, LA

Occupation	Median annual wage	LQ
Dentists, General	$189,390	0.80
Architectural And Engineering Managers	$173,350	0.79
Industrial Production Managers	$154,800	0.85
Chief Executives	$148,210	0.23
Pharmacists	$132,850	1.09
Mechanical Engineers	$132,850	0.64
Physician Assistants	$132,770	0.94
Database Architects	$132,450	N/A

Baton Rouge, LA has salary data for 490 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Dentists, General.

Historical series

Trend for Pile Driver Operators in Baton Rouge, LA

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Pile Driver Operators are projected to change by +4.3% from 2024 to 2034, with 300 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.