The annual salary statistics of speech-language pathologists in Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of speech-language pathologists in Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta 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 | $63,630 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $76,780 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $88,790 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $98,430 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $111,640 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for speech-language pathologists in Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $111,640. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $88,790. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $63,630.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of speech-language pathologists from 2012 to 2014. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Growth | 2-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $88,790 | 10.70% | 13.73% |
| 2013 | $79,290 | 3.39% | - |
| 2012 | $76,600 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $88,790 in Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta 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 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta is 27.7 percent (27.7%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 13.7 percent (13.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area.