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Fast Food and Counter Workers

Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA metropolitan area. Estimated employment 2,970.

Data released May 2025 BLS OEWS · SOC 35-3023
Fig. 1 — The wage rule

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$23,380 · 50th
$18,92010th
$22,32025th
$23,38050th
$28,09075th
$34,61090th

That is the medianhalf of people in this occupation in Slidell earn more.

Table 1 — Adjusted

$23,380 in Slidell buys what $25,200 buys across the country as a whole.

Slidell's regional price parity is 92.7 — well below the national average — the nominal figure understates local buying power considerably. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.

Table 2 — Nearby metros

The same job, elsewhere in Louisiana

Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.

Metro areaMedianAdjustedRPPvs. Slidell
New Orleans$25,470$27,50092.6+9.1%
Baton Rouge$23,650$26,10090.8+3.3%
Slidell This page$23,380$25,20092.7
Lake Charles$22,500$26,20085.9+3.9%
Shreveport$22,460$26,50084.8+5.1%
Hammond$22,350$26,50084.5+5.0%
Lafayette$22,320$25,60087.2+1.5%
Houma$22,280$26,20085.1+3.8%

Price parity and difference against Slidell are in the full table on wider screens.

Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
Price parity
Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
Employment
2,970 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
Occupation
SOC 35-3023, Fast Food and Counter Workers. Mapped to our taxonomy as fast-food-and-counter-workers.

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