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Gas Plant Operators pay in Baton Rouge, LA and Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Gas Plant Operators is $113,570 per year in Baton Rouge, LA. It is $125,550 per year in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Baton Rouge, LA is 9.5% below Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-8092 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 100 wage and salary jobs in Baton Rouge, LA and 210 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. 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