The annual salary statistics of speech-language pathologists in Salinas, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of speech-language pathologists in Salinas 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 | $81,470 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $93,920 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $93,920 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $110,130 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $128,400 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for speech-language pathologists in Salinas, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $128,400. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $93,920. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $81,470.
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 | $93,920 | -11.89% | 7.49% |
| 2021 | $105,090 | 7.22% | - |
| 2020 | $97,500 | -1.94% | - |
| 2019 | $99,390 | 0.74% | - |
| 2018 | $98,650 | -8.34% | - |
| 2017 | $106,880 | 19.30% | - |
| 2016 | $86,250 | -19.35% | - |
| 2015 | $102,940 | 13.93% | - |
| 2014 | $88,600 | -3.37% | - |
| 2013 | $91,590 | 5.13% | - |
| 2012 | $86,890 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $93,920 in Salinas 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 Salinas is 23.6 percent (23.6%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 18.4 percent (18.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area.