The annual salary statistics of speech-language pathologists in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of speech-language pathologists in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont 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 | $91,940 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $105,400 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $122,890 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $138,360 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $156,370 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for speech-language pathologists in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $156,370. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $122,890. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $91,940.
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 | $122,890 | 0.48% | 30.54% |
| 2021 | $122,300 | 17.20% | - |
| 2020 | $101,270 | 3.95% | - |
| 2019 | $97,270 | -9.54% | - |
| 2018 | $106,550 | 13.12% | - |
| 2017 | $92,570 | 3.56% | - |
| 2016 | $89,270 | 0.34% | - |
| 2015 | $88,970 | 3.87% | - |
| 2014 | $85,530 | 0.90% | - |
| 2013 | $84,760 | -0.71% | - |
| 2012 | $85,360 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $122,890, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is the highest paying city for speech-language pathologists in state of California, followed by San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (median annual salary $117,530). In comparison, the median annual salary of speech-language pathologists in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is 4.4 percent (4.4%) higher than that in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara.