Baton Rouge area - Economic Contribution

ExxonMobil Baton Rouge is committed to supporting the local economy. ExxonMobil provides quality jobs, a significant tax base, and products folks use everyday.

Job opportunities
ExxonMobil Baton Rouge is one of the largest and most versatile petrochemical hubs in the world, providing jobs for approximately 5,000 employees and contractors at eight facilities in the Baton Rouge area.  As the largest private employer in East Baton Rouge Parish and the second largest manufacturing employer in the state, ExxonMobil provides jobs¹ for about 3,000 employees. Each ExxonMobil job supports nearly seven additional jobs in the state  – translating to more than 41,500 Louisianans and their families who are impacted by our business.

ExxonMobil hires almost all of operations staff locally.  Because today's youth are the workforce for tomorrow, ExxonMobil invests in process technology career preparatory programs by partnering with the Baton Rouge Community College and other school system initiatives.  

Taxes
In addition to employees’ individual taxes, ExxonMobil paid more than $31 million or 8.5 percent of all property taxes paid in East Baton Rouge Parish in 2010, which makes the company the largest single taxpayer in the parish. ExxonMobil also paid $138.2 million in state taxes.  Additionally, ExxonMobil's Baton Rouge facilities capital spending  totaled more than $351 million in 2010.

End products
People use ExxonMobil Baton Rouge products from the time they get up in the morning to the time they go to bed at night. Many of ExxonMobil’s products, like those made with plastic or special rubbers, cost less to produce, are recyclable and durable. This makes your everyday convenience items less expensive and longer lasting.