The annual salary statistics of speech-language pathologists in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of speech-language pathologists in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles 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 | $77,170 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $84,880 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $99,570 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $99,570 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $123,120 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for speech-language pathologists in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $123,120. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $99,570. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $77,170.
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 | $99,570 | 0.53% | 27.89% |
| 2021 | $99,040 | 5.58% | - |
| 2020 | $93,510 | 1.33% | - |
| 2019 | $92,270 | -9.24% | - |
| 2018 | $100,800 | -0.62% | - |
| 2017 | $101,420 | 6.45% | - |
| 2016 | $94,880 | 9.45% | - |
| 2015 | $85,910 | 1.02% | - |
| 2014 | $85,030 | 4.39% | - |
| 2013 | $81,300 | 11.69% | - |
| 2012 | $71,800 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $99,570 in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles 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 Luis Obispo-Paso Robles is 19.0 percent (19.0%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 23.1 percent (23.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area.