The annual salary statistics of speech-language pathologists in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of speech-language pathologists in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City 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 | $69,430 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $78,430 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $100,070 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $120,520 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $133,990 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for speech-language pathologists in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $133,990. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $100,070. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $69,430.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of speech-language pathologists from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $100,070 | 8.63% | 16.05% |
| 2016 | $91,430 | 0.57% | - |
| 2015 | $90,910 | 7.80% | - |
| 2014 | $83,820 | 2.48% | - |
| 2013 | $81,740 | -2.78% | - |
| 2012 | $84,010 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $100,070 in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City 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 Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is 18.6 percent (18.6%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 23.5 percent (23.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area.