Fast Food and Counter Workers
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA metropolitan area. Estimated employment 2,970.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in Slidell earn more.
$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.
The same job, elsewhere in Louisiana
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Slidell |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans | $25,470 | $27,500 | 92.6 | +9.1% |
| Baton Rouge | $23,650 | $26,100 | 90.8 | +3.3% |
| Slidell This page | $23,380 | $25,200 | 92.7 | — |
| Lake Charles | $22,500 | $26,200 | 85.9 | +3.9% |
| Shreveport | $22,460 | $26,500 | 84.8 | +5.1% |
| Hammond | $22,350 | $26,500 | 84.5 | +5.0% |
| Lafayette | $22,320 | $25,600 | 87.2 | +1.5% |
| Houma | $22,280 | $26,200 | 85.1 | +3.8% |
Price parity and difference against Slidell are in the full table on wider screens.
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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