Employment
The top employers in the Baton Rouge area include:
- BASF Wyandotte Corporation
- Baton Rouge General Medical Center
- Dow Chemical Company
- Entergy/Gulf States Utilities
- Exxon Chemical Americas
- Exxon Chemical Company
- Georgia Gulf Corporation
- Harmony Corporation
- International Maintenance Corporation
- J. E. Merit Construction, Inc.
- Our Lady of the Lake Medical Center
- Bank One
- South Central Bell Telephone
- Turner Industries
- Baton Rouge City Parish Government
- Earl K. Long Memorial Hospital
- East Baton Rouge Parish School Board
- Louisiana State Government
- Louisiana State Penitentiary
- Louisiana State University
- Southern University
- United States Post Office