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Financial Specialists, All Other pay in Lexington Park, MD and Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Financial Specialists, All Other is $132,620 per year in Lexington Park, MD. It is $65,170 per year in Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA. Lexington Park, MD is 103.5% above Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 13-2099 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 720 wage and salary jobs in Lexington Park, MD and 180 in Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings
