The annual salary statistics of speech-language pathologists in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of speech-language pathologists in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara 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 | $81,200 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $98,070 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $117,530 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $131,550 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $155,010 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for speech-language pathologists in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $155,010. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $117,530. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $81,200.
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 | $117,530 | 13.86% | 27.81% |
| 2021 | $101,240 | -3.33% | - |
| 2020 | $104,610 | 11.96% | - |
| 2019 | $92,100 | -4.21% | - |
| 2018 | $95,980 | 4.44% | - |
| 2017 | $91,720 | -2.19% | - |
| 2016 | $93,730 | 7.04% | - |
| 2015 | $87,130 | -4.68% | - |
| 2014 | $91,210 | 4.20% | - |
| 2013 | $87,380 | 2.90% | - |
| 2012 | $84,850 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $117,530, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is the second highest paying city for speech-language pathologists in state of California, following the highest paying city San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont (median annual salary of $122,890). Compared with San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, the median annual salary of speech-language pathologists in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is 4.4 percent (4.4%) lower.