The annual salary statistics of speech-language pathologists in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of speech-language pathologists in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana 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 | $54,350 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $65,930 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $81,800 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $99,230 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $114,740 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for speech-language pathologists in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $114,740. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $81,800. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $54,350.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of speech-language pathologists from 2012 to 2014. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Growth | 2-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $81,800 | -4.90% | -5.34% |
| 2013 | $85,810 | -0.42% | - |
| 2012 | $86,170 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $81,800 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana is 33.4 percent (33.4%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 6.4 percent (6.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area.