Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA moved from $40,760 in May 2024 to $43,710 in May 2025 (+7.2%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA sits +4.1 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power from BLS and BEA sources, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability.
Waiters and Waitresses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA
Waiters and Waitresses publishes $15,080 here versus $35,230 nationally (-57.2%; 2,520metro-area jobs). Next is Food Preparation Workers at $24,380 locally versus $35,320 nationally (-31.0%).
- Waiters and Waitresses$15,080 in Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA sits 57.2% below the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (2,520 published local jobs).
- Food Preparation Workers$24,380 in Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA sits 31.0% below the national Food Preparation Workers median of $35,320 (2,070 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$23,380 in Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA sits 25.1% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (2,970 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$29,280 in Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA sits 17.3% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (3,470 published local jobs).
Waiters and Waitresses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 43640 · Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA $56K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-AHEAD · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-LOW #329/528
- RPP-LOW 92.7
- OCC-MID 264 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $394K
- EMP-MIX Captains, Ma…
- TREND-AHEAD +4.1 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH West Central Ill…
- BOOK-MOST 260 rows · May 2025
Read with West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area ($32 on published-row mean) · Highest-paying careers
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer, not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Slidell-Mandeville-Covington
Employment scale inside Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA's top-pay list
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels and Managers, All Other lead published employment inside Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels 580 jobs · $120,810
- 2. Managers, All Other 470 jobs · $104,660
- 3. Nurse Practitioners 390 jobs · $127,840
- 4. Financial Managers 380 jobs · $128,310
- 5. Pharmacists 370 jobs · $131,200
- 6. Physicians, All Other 340 jobs · $394,170
- 7. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products 280 jobs · $121,880
- 8. Sales Managers 270 jobs · $108,510
- 9. Construction Managers 200 jobs · $110,800
- 10. Administrative Services Managers 160 jobs · $105,480
- 11. Nurse Anesthetists 150 jobs · $217,490
- 12. Engineers, All Other 140 jobs · $107,220
- 13. Computer and Information Systems Managers 130 jobs · $133,020
- 14. Veterinarians 130 jobs · $128,500
- 15. Dentists, General 120 jobs · $181,080
- 16. Physician Assistants 110 jobs · $138,310
- 17. Mechanical Engineers 100 jobs · $118,920
- 18. Architectural and Engineering Managers 90 jobs · $177,140
Occupations Tracked
264
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$55,740
employment-weighted, 260 complete rows
Top Salary
$394,170
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
92.7
7% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Physicians, All Other | $394,170 |
| 2 | Family Medicine Physicians | $284,280 |
| 3 | Nurse Anesthetists | $217,490 |
| 4 | Dentists, General | $181,080 |
| 5 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $177,140 |
| 6 | Electrical Engineers | $167,010 |
| 7 | Physician Assistants | $138,310 |
| 8 | Industrial Production Managers | $135,900 |
| 9 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $133,020 |
| 10 | Pharmacists | $131,200 |
| 11 | Veterinarians | $128,500 |
| 12 | Financial Managers | $128,310 |
| 13 | Nurse Practitioners | $127,840 |
| 14 | Industrial Engineers | $126,090 |
| 15 | Marketing Managers | $124,930 |
| 16 | Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products | $121,880 |
| 17 | Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels | $120,810 |
| 18 | Mechanical Engineers | $118,920 |
| 19 | Data Scientists | $115,140 |
| 20 | Human Resources Managers | $113,930 |
| 21 | Construction Managers | $110,800 |
| 22 | Sales Managers | $108,510 |
| 23 | Engineers, All Other | $107,220 |
| 24 | Administrative Services Managers | $105,480 |
| 25 | Managers, All Other | $104,660 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Waiters and Waitresses | $15,080 |
| Bartenders | $19,990 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $21,160 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $21,390 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $21,910 |
| Childcare Workers | $22,610 |
| Recreation Workers | $22,690 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $22,990 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $23,380 |
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $23,770 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in LA
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside LA. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($55,740 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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How to use Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA at $394,170/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $55,740 adjusts to about $60,113 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 92.7. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for LA before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.