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Drafters, All Other · SOC 17-3019

Drafters, All Other Salary in the Slidell Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA metro area

Figures describe the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Slidell city limits.

Median annual wage$61,260
Median hourly wage$29.45

Drafters, All Other in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA metro area earned a median of $61,260 per year ($29.45 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $46,670 at the 10th percentile to $95,320 at the 90th. BLS estimates 100 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Drafters, All Other in the Slidell metro area earn more than $61,260 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $60,630 and $79,710.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$46,670$60,630$61,260$79,710$95,320
Hourly$22.44$29.15$29.45$38.32$45.83

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Slidell metro areathis metro area
    $61,260
  • Louisianastate (LA)
    $68,470
  • United Statesnational
    $63,520

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −11% vs Louisiana overall and −4% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$34,620$53,363$72,107$90,850Knoxville, TN — $34,620Chattanooga, TN-GA — $37,750Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $47,860Eugene-Springfield, OR — $50,130Tyler, TX — $51,100Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $53,300Lancaster, PA — $55,560College Station-Bryan, TX — $55,590Columbus, OH — $55,630Green Bay, WI — $56,280El Paso, TX — $56,420Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $57,940Lubbock, TX — $58,430Omaha, NE-IA — $58,650Cleveland, OH — $58,690Lincoln, NE — $58,690Salem, OR — $58,800Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $58,810Longview, TX — $58,900Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $59,300North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $59,520Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $59,810Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $59,970Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $59,970Lafayette, LA — $60,270San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $60,310Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $60,520Jacksonville, FL — $60,600Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $60,600Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $60,820Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $60,950San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $60,950Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $61,200Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $61,260Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $61,360Rochester, NY — $61,530Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $61,800Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $62,080Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $62,400Kansas City, MO-KS — $62,410Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $62,500St. Louis, MO-IL — $62,500Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $62,610Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $62,840Bozeman, MT — $63,200Raleigh-Cary, NC — $63,330Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $63,540Ogden, UT — $63,780Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $64,330Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $64,490Billings, MT — $64,490New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $65,870Stockton-Lodi, CA — $66,010Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $66,240Richmond, VA — $66,710Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $67,320Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $67,670Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $67,770Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $68,020Syracuse, NY — $68,500Modesto, CA — $68,850Tucson, AZ — $69,810Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $70,320Lake Charles, LA — $71,690Missoula, MT — $72,520Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $72,990Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $73,080Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $73,100Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $73,840San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $73,880Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $74,380Alexandria, LA — $74,540Boulder, CO — $74,630Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $75,090Fresno, CA — $75,150Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $76,330Baton Rouge, LA — $77,020Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $78,020Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $79,960Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $80,470New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $81,220San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $82,360San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $90,850

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Slidell metro area has the 50th-highest published median for this occupation among the 83 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in Louisiana

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for drafters, all other, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Slidell metro areathis page
    $61,260
  • Baton Rouge metro area
    $77,020
  • Alexandria metro area
    $74,540
  • Lake Charles metro area
    $71,690
  • New Orleans metro area
    $65,870
  • Lafayette metro area
    $60,270
  • Houma metro area
    $59,970

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Civil Engineers$101,820Engineers, All Other$107,220Mechanical Engineers$118,920Architects, Except Landscape and Naval$85,770Industrial Engineers$126,090Electrical Engineers$167,010

Highest-paying metro areas for drafters, all others · Highest-paying occupations in Slidell Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.