The annual salary statistics of speech-language pathologists in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of speech-language pathologists in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos 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 | $73,980 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $84,580 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $105,570 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $124,270 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $131,240 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for speech-language pathologists in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $131,240. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $105,570. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $73,980.
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 | $105,570 | 4.70% | 23.01% |
| 2021 | $100,610 | 8.89% | - |
| 2020 | $91,670 | -1.67% | - |
| 2019 | $93,200 | -1.80% | - |
| 2018 | $94,880 | 1.81% | - |
| 2017 | $93,160 | 1.23% | - |
| 2016 | $92,010 | 4.35% | - |
| 2015 | $88,010 | -2.42% | - |
| 2014 | $90,140 | 15.28% | - |
| 2013 | $76,370 | -6.43% | - |
| 2012 | $81,280 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $105,570 in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos 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 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos is 14.1 percent (14.1%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 27.4 percent (27.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area.