How much do Buyers and Purchasing Agents make in Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA?

Percentile spread

For Buyers and Purchasing Agents, the published 10th percentile is $44,440 and the 90th percentile is $107,490. The difference is $63,050, which is 94.8% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $55,990 to the 75th at $82,900, covers $26,910.

The mean annual wage is $73,320, which sits above the median of $66,540. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA median is 14.4% lower than the national median of $77,710 for Buyers and Purchasing Agents. In 2024 national prices the local median is $71,760, which is 7.7% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.3% higher than the Louisiana median of $66,340.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA is 92.726, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $66,540 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Buyers and Purchasing Agents at $71,760 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

14 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Buyers and Purchasing Agents. Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA ranks 7th of 15 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Hammond, LA is 31 miles away, with a median of $59,420 and employment of 70. That median is 10.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $70,353, against $71,760 here.
• Gulfport-Biloxi, MS is 57 miles away, with a median of $78,770 and employment of 520. That median is 18.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $87,516, against $71,760 here.
• Hattiesburg, MS is 69 miles away, with a median of $66,540 and employment of 90. That median is about the same as the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $75,930, against $71,760 here.

Employment share

Buyers and Purchasing Agents accounts for 0.16% of wage-and-salary employment in Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA (160 of 98,240). Nationally the occupation is 0.32% of employment (491,430 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.52 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.