The annual salary statistics of speech-language pathologists in Florence-Muscle Shoals, Alabama is shown in Table 1. The wage data of speech-language pathologists in Florence-Muscle Shoals is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $45,630 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $55,850 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $66,140 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $81,580 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $98,580 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for speech-language pathologists in Florence-Muscle Shoals, Alabama in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $98,580. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $66,140. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $45,630.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of speech-language pathologists from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 4-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $66,140 | 6.23% | 10.64% |
| 2021 | $62,020 | 8.74% | - |
| 2020 | $56,600 | 1.01% | - |
| 2019 | $56,030 | -5.48% | - |
| 2018 | $59,100 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $66,140 in Florence-Muscle Shoals is in the middle of salary range for speech-language pathologists in state of Alabama. In comparison, the annual salary of speech-language pathologists in Florence-Muscle Shoals is 13.1 percent (13.1%) lower than that in the highest paying Birmingham-Hoover and 15.7 percent (15.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Birmingham-Hoover | |
| Tuscaloosa | |
| Dothan | |
| Huntsville | |
| Gadsden | |
| Florence-Muscle Shoals | |
| Auburn-Opelika | |
| Mobile | |
| Daphne-Fairhope-Foley | |
| Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area | |
| Montgomery | |
| Anniston-Oxford | |
| Decatur | |
| Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area | |
| Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area | |
| Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area |