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Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels pay in Baton Rouge, LA and Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels is $129,260 per year in Baton Rouge, LA. It is $130,380 per year in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN. Baton Rouge, LA is 0.9% below Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 53-5021 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 900 wage and salary jobs in Baton Rouge, LA and 800 in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings