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Interviewers, Except Eligibility And Loan Salary: Louisiana vs Oregon

Interviewers, Except Eligibility And Loan earn a median of $36,530 in Louisiana and $50,230 in Oregon. That is a nominal gap of $13,700 (-27.3%), with Oregon paying more before any cost-of-living adjustment.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates. Cost-of-living adjustment uses BEA Regional Price Parities, most recent release.

$36,530
Louisiana median
$41,414 after COL
$50,230
Oregon median
$48,597 after COL
-27.3%
Nominal gap
Oregon leads
-14.8%
Adjusted gap
Oregon leads after COL

The story behind the numbers

On raw wages, Oregon pays $13,700 more per year than Louisiana for interviewers, except eligibility and loan, a gap of +27.3%.

After adjusting for cost of living, Oregon still comes out ahead, with roughly $7,183 of extra purchasing power (+14.8% real gap). Local prices do not reverse the nominal advantage.

Full breakdown by location

Detailed wage, employment, and cost-of-living figures for interviewers, except eligibility and loan in each location. Click through to the full local salary page for percentiles, outlook, and peer areas.

Interviewers, Except Eligibility And Loan

Louisiana

Median salary
$36,530
Mean salary
$37,120
Employment
3,870
Location quotient
1.98
Jobs per 1,000
2.0
COL-adjusted median
$41,414
Regional Price Parity
88.2%

Exact state RPP match.

Full Interviewers, Except Eligibility And Loan page for Louisiana →

Interviewers, Except Eligibility And Loan

Oregon

Median salary
$50,230
Mean salary
$51,670
Employment
2,280
Location quotient
1.14
Jobs per 1,000
1.2
COL-adjusted median
$48,597
Regional Price Parity
103.4%

Exact state RPP match.

Full Interviewers, Except Eligibility And Loan page for Oregon →

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Common questions about this comparison

What does the cost-of-living adjustment actually do? +

It divides each location's nominal median wage by its Regional Price Parity (RPP), which measures how local prices compare to the national average (100 = national). A wage of $100,000 in an area with RPP 120 has the same purchasing power as roughly $83,000 nationally.

Why would the nominal and adjusted winners disagree? +

High-cost metros often pay higher salaries, but not by enough to fully offset the higher cost of housing, goods, and services. When that happens, the location with the lower nominal wage actually offers more real purchasing power.

What is a location quotient? +

The location quotient measures how concentrated an occupation is in a given area versus the national average. A value of 2.0 means the occupation is twice as common there as nationally. It is a signal of what a state specializes in.