The annual salary statistics of speech-language pathologists in Huntsville, Alabama is shown in Table 1. The wage information of speech-language pathologists in Huntsville 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 | $52,280 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $62,140 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $68,120 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $84,500 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $105,980 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for speech-language pathologists in Huntsville, Alabama in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $105,980. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $68,120. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $52,280.
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 | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $68,120 | 4.48% | -3.48% |
| 2021 | $65,070 | 3.86% | - |
| 2020 | $62,560 | 1.05% | - |
| 2019 | $61,900 | 4.14% | - |
| 2018 | $59,340 | -6.17% | - |
| 2017 | $63,000 | -7.41% | - |
| 2016 | $67,670 | 2.25% | - |
| 2015 | $66,150 | 1.54% | - |
| 2014 | $65,130 | 4.73% | - |
| 2013 | $62,050 | -13.60% | - |
| 2012 | $70,490 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $68,120 in Huntsville 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 Huntsville is 10.5 percent (10.5%) lower than that in the highest paying Birmingham-Hoover and 18.2 percent (18.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area.