The annual salary statistics of speech-language pathologists in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of speech-language pathologists in Santa Rosa-Petaluma 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 | $76,210 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $90,390 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $106,150 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $114,570 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $137,850 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for speech-language pathologists in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $137,850. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $106,150. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $76,210.
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 | $106,150 | 6.60% | 32.64% |
| 2021 | $99,140 | -9.19% | - |
| 2020 | $108,250 | 19.83% | - |
| 2019 | $86,780 | 5.02% | - |
| 2018 | $82,420 | -9.04% | - |
| 2017 | $89,870 | -4.30% | - |
| 2016 | $93,730 | 22.18% | - |
| 2015 | $72,940 | 4.66% | - |
| 2014 | $69,540 | 1.62% | - |
| 2013 | $68,410 | -4.52% | - |
| 2012 | $71,500 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $106,150 in Santa Rosa-Petaluma 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 Rosa-Petaluma is 13.6 percent (13.6%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 27.8 percent (27.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area.