The annual salary statistics of speech-language pathologists in West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida is shown in Table 1. The wage information of speech-language pathologists in West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach 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 | $53,420 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $57,640 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $66,800 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $91,080 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $99,590 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for speech-language pathologists in West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $99,590. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $66,800. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $53,420.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of speech-language pathologists from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $66,800 | 8.49% | -4.40% |
| 2016 | $61,130 | -49.11% | - |
| 2015 | $91,150 | 1.63% | - |
| 2014 | $89,660 | 8.13% | - |
| 2013 | $82,370 | 15.33% | - |
| 2012 | $69,740 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $66,800 in West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach is in the middle of salary range for speech-language pathologists in state of Florida. In comparison, the annual salary of speech-language pathologists in West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach is 31.3 percent (31.3%) lower than that in the highest paying Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach and 8.1 percent (8.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville.