The annual salary statistics of speech-language pathologists in Bakersfield-Delano, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of speech-language pathologists in Bakersfield-Delano 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 | $76,030 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $77,960 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $100,390 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $115,090 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $135,470 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for speech-language pathologists in Bakersfield-Delano, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $135,470. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $100,390. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $76,030.
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 | $100,390 | 2.29% | 29.66% |
| 2021 | $98,090 | 1.59% | - |
| 2020 | $96,530 | -7.76% | - |
| 2019 | $104,020 | 6.48% | - |
| 2018 | $97,280 | -3.64% | - |
| 2017 | $100,820 | 21.55% | - |
| 2016 | $79,090 | -1.57% | - |
| 2015 | $80,330 | 10.49% | - |
| 2014 | $71,900 | 0.13% | - |
| 2013 | $71,810 | 1.67% | - |
| 2012 | $70,610 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $100,390 in Bakersfield-Delano is in the middle of salary range for speech-language pathologists in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of speech-language pathologists in Bakersfield-Delano is 18.3 percent (18.3%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 23.7 percent (23.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area.