Registered Nurses
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA metropolitan area. Estimated employment 3,190.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of registered nurses in Slidell earn more.
$81,160 in Slidell buys what $87,500 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Charles | $90,690 | $105,600 | 85.9 | +20.7% |
| Lafayette | $81,960 | $94,000 | 87.2 | +7.4% |
| New Orleans | $81,850 | $88,400 | 92.6 | +1.0% |
| Alexandria | $81,680 | $95,300 | 85.7 | +8.9% |
| Slidell This page | $81,160 | $87,500 | 92.7 | — |
| Baton Rouge | $81,130 | $89,400 | 90.8 | +2.1% |
| Shreveport | $80,080 | $94,500 | 84.8 | +7.9% |
| Monroe | $78,270 | $93,600 | 83.6 | +7.0% |
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
- 3,190 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 29-1141, Registered Nurses. Mapped to our taxonomy as registered-nurses.
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