Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA

Across all occupations in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA metropolitan area, the median wage is $43,710 a year ($21.01 an hour) and the mean $56,220, May 2025. That median is −14% against the US median of $50,980 and −4% against Louisiana's $45,520. BLS counts 98,240 jobs in the area. The highest-paying occupation is physicians, all other; the largest is retail salespersons.

All occupations: Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA vs Louisiana and the United States

All occupations: wage percentiles, mean and employment in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA area, Louisiana and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	Hourly	$11.03	$14.35	$21.01	$30.52	$47.89	$27.03	98,240
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	Annual	$22,930	$29,850	$43,710	$63,480	$99,620	$56,220	98,240
Louisiana	Hourly	$10.92	$14.59	$21.89	$31.90	$48.13	$27.21	1,934,900
Louisiana	Annual	$22,710	$30,350	$45,520	$66,340	$100,110	$56,600	1,934,900
United States	Hourly	$15.00	$18.07	$24.51	$38.71	$61.81	$33.54	155,495,730
United States	Annual	$31,200	$37,590	$50,980	$80,520	$128,560	$69,770	155,495,730

Annual wage at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th and 90th percentiles across all occupations in the metro; the line marks the US median. The same numbers are in the table above.

264 detailed occupations publish a median in this area. State profile: Louisiana. Compare any occupation across every area in the wage explorer.

20 highest-paying occupations in Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA

Rank	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Physicians, All Other	$394,170	$189.51	340
2	Family Medicine Physicians	$284,280	$136.67	60
3	Nurse Anesthetists	$217,490	$104.56	150
4	Dentists, General	$181,080	$87.06	120
5	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$177,140	$85.16	90
6	Electrical Engineers	$167,010	$80.29	50
7	Physician Assistants	$138,310	$66.50	110
8	Industrial Production Managers	$135,900	$65.34	50
9	Computer and Information Systems Managers in Louisiana	$133,020	$63.95	130
10	Pharmacists	$131,200	$63.08	370
11	Veterinarians	$128,500	$61.78	130
12	Financial Managers in Louisiana	$128,310	$61.69	380
13	Nurse Practitioners	$127,840	$61.46	390
14	Industrial Engineers	$126,090	$60.62	60
15	Marketing Managers	$124,930	$60.06	40
16	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	$121,880	$58.60	280
17	Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels	$120,810	$58.08	580
18	Mechanical Engineers	$118,920	$57.18	100
19	Data Scientists	$115,140	$55.36	40
20	Human Resources Managers	$113,930	$54.78	40

Ranked by median; an occupation whose median BLS withholds or top-codes in this area cannot appear here, however well it pays.

20 largest occupations in Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA

Rank	Occupation	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient	Median annual
1	Retail Salespersons in Louisiana	3,470	35.31	1.41	$29,280
2	Registered Nurses in Louisiana	3,190	32.46	1.49	$81,160
3	Fast Food and Counter Workers in Louisiana	2,970	30.28	1.22	$23,380
4	Waiters and Waitresses in Louisiana	2,520	25.68	1.76	$15,080
5	General and Operations Managers in Louisiana	2,470	25.11	1.11	$102,450
6	Cashiers in Louisiana	2,330	23.68	1.19	$27,590
7	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education in Louisiana	2,080	21.15	2.37	$59,850
8	Food Preparation Workers in Louisiana	2,070	21.12	3.68	$24,380
9	Stockers and Order Fillers in Louisiana	1,860	18.92	1.04	$35,320
10	Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Louisiana	1,840	18.70	0.68	$23,770
11	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Louisiana	1,590	16.16	0.85	$36,360
12	Customer Service Representatives in Louisiana	1,490	15.15	0.91	$37,270
12	Office Clerks, General in Louisiana	1,490	15.16	0.96	$31,760
14	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in Louisiana	1,330	13.53	1.23	$37,660
15	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Louisiana	1,280	13.00	0.91	$29,620
16	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in Louisiana	1,180	11.98	1.36	$44,520
17	First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers in Louisiana	1,110	11.32	1.44	$36,350
18	Cooks, Restaurant in Louisiana	1,100	11.20	1.24	$29,050
19	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products in Louisiana	1,060	10.78	1.35	$66,970
20	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers in Louisiana	1,050	10.69	1.16	$57,580

Most concentrated occupations in Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA

The 10 occupations with the highest location quotient among those employing at least 100 people in the area. A quotient of 2.00 means the occupation's share of local jobs is twice its national share.

Rank	Occupation	Location quotient	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Median annual
1	Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels	25.08	580	5.94	$120,810
2	Drafters, All Other	11.18	100	1.04	$61,260
3	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other	9.13	200	2.06	$71,850
4	Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	5.28	150	1.51	$38,310
5	Nurse Anesthetists	4.58	150	1.53	$217,490
6	Healthcare Support Workers, All Other	4.07	280	2.88	$30,340
7	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	3.91	370	3.73	$36,170
8	Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other	3.80	200	2.07	$24,220
9	Food Preparation Workers in Louisiana	3.68	2,070	21.12	$24,380
10	Food Processing Workers, All Other	3.51	140	1.47	$28,970

Occupation groups in Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA

Group	Median annual	Mean annual	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Management	$102,230	$124,710	5,730	58.33	0.81
Architecture and Engineering	$94,120	$101,480	1,170	11.93	0.71
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical	$78,110	$94,600	9,600	97.71	1.55
Computer and Mathematical	$78,050	$86,240	1,400	14.30	0.42
Legal	$73,440	$88,620	830	8.42	1.00
Business and Financial Operations	$72,390	$82,680	4,640	47.25	0.70
Life, Physical, and Social Science	$69,330	$83,260	470	4.77	0.50
Educational Instruction and Library	$59,850	$53,150	5,820	59.22	1.01
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	$49,900	$55,800	3,790	38.60	0.99
Construction and Extraction	$48,090	$53,240	3,840	39.13	0.95
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	$47,770	$58,890	770	7.85	0.60
Community and Social Service	$47,430	$50,300	1,340	13.62	0.79
Protective Service	$45,730	$46,650	2,540	25.84	1.06
Production	$45,240	$47,250	2,890	29.38	0.53
Office and Administrative Support	$39,010	$43,090	11,840	120.47	1.06
Transportation and Material Moving	$37,780	$47,750	8,390	85.38	0.97
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry	$35,820	$41,600	100	0.97	0.35
Sales and Related	$34,820	$46,590	10,140	103.23	1.20
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	$32,440	$33,380	2,950	30.07	1.03
Healthcare Support	$32,000	$33,470	5,280	53.74	1.06
Personal Care and Service	$27,620	$31,090	2,510	25.60	1.22
Food Preparation and Serving Related	$23,730	$27,100	12,200	124.21	1.41

Every occupation in Louisiana, and the area's place among the state's metros, is on the state profile. All 264 published occupations for this area are in the wage explorer; other metros are on the metros hub.

Source and notes

Data: BLS OEWS May 2025, released 2026-05-15. Cross-industry estimates, all ownerships. BLS page: OEWS Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA estimates (area 43640).

*: Wage estimate not available.

Annual wages assume 2,080 hours a year at the hourly rate; occupations BLS publishes on one basis only show an en dash (–) on the other.
Employment is rounded to the nearest 10 by BLS. Where BLS withholds a cell, nothing is estimated in its place.
Jobs per 1,000 is the occupation's employment per 1,000 jobs in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA area; the location quotient is that share divided by the national share.
The concentration table keeps only occupations with employment of 100 or more in the area, so a quotient built on a handful of rounded jobs cannot top it.