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Average Production Workers, All Other Salary in Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA

Production Workers, All Other in Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA earn a median annual salary of $61,090, which is +57.4% compared to the national median. There are 480 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA (metro area).

$61,090
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA median annual wage
$29/hour median
+57.4%
Difference vs national median
National median is $38,820
480
Local employment
4.8 jobs per 1,000 workers
2.65
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$31,450
25th
$48,120
Median
$61,090
75th
$61,090
90th
$69,830

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
92.7%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$65,882
Goods: 93.7%
Services: 71.7%
Rents: 85.4%

Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

MetroMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
Decatur, IL$72,610Compare1,090
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$68,640Compare120
Paducah, KY-IL$61,110Compare40
Merced, CA$60,550Compare200
Winchester, VA-WV$58,550Compare160
Lynchburg, VA$58,190CompareN/A

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Nurse Anesthetists$217,6802.85
Architectural And Engineering Managers$167,4900.48
Physician Assistants$134,4701.21
Industrial Production Managers$130,6500.32
Computer And Information Systems Managers$129,1600.30
Pharmacists$127,5401.39
Financial Managers$125,6300.87
Nurse Practitioners$122,9601.95

Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA has salary data for 265 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Nurse Anesthetists.

Historical series

Trend for Production Workers, All Other in Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Production Workers, All Other are projected to change by +0.5% from 2024 to 2034, with 31,600 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.