The annual salary statistics of speech-language pathologists in Merced, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of speech-language pathologists in Merced 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 | $73,550 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $75,750 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $96,490 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $104,520 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $121,590 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for speech-language pathologists in Merced, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $121,590. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $96,490. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $73,550.
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 | $96,490 | -0.16% | 32.38% |
| 2021 | $96,640 | -1.40% | - |
| 2020 | $97,990 | 2.32% | - |
| 2019 | $95,720 | 18.76% | - |
| 2018 | $77,760 | 2.47% | - |
| 2017 | $75,840 | 2.35% | - |
| 2016 | $74,060 | 2.70% | - |
| 2015 | $72,060 | 6.34% | - |
| 2014 | $67,490 | 3.70% | - |
| 2013 | $64,990 | -0.40% | - |
| 2012 | $65,250 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $96,490 in Merced 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 Merced is 21.5 percent (21.5%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 20.6 percent (20.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area.