The annual salary statistics of speech-language pathologists in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of speech-language pathologists in Santa Cruz-Watsonville 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 | $79,400 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $81,790 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $104,540 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $134,750 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $138,250 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for speech-language pathologists in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $138,250. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $104,540. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $79,400.
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 | $104,540 | -6.89% | 28.19% |
| 2021 | $111,740 | 18.47% | - |
| 2020 | $91,100 | -4.73% | - |
| 2019 | $95,410 | -13.07% | - |
| 2018 | $107,880 | 1.39% | - |
| 2017 | $106,380 | 22.99% | - |
| 2016 | $81,920 | 4.68% | - |
| 2015 | $78,090 | -4.74% | - |
| 2014 | $81,790 | 6.68% | - |
| 2013 | $76,330 | 1.65% | - |
| 2012 | $75,070 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $104,540 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville 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 Cruz-Watsonville is 14.9 percent (14.9%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 26.7 percent (26.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area.