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Loan Officers pay in Enid, OK and Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Loan Officers is $104,990 per year in Enid, OK. It is $73,070 per year in Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA. Enid, OK is 43.7% above Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 13-2072 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 40 wage and salary jobs in Enid, OK and 150 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