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Highest Paying Industries for Speech-Language Pathologists

The top 72 highest paying industries for speech-language pathologists (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment in those industries are also shown. As shown in the table, with an average annual salary of $90,240, continuing care retirement communities and assisted living facilities for the elderly is the highest paying industry for speech-language pathologists. It is followed by nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities) industry (average annual salary $89,290). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in May 2015 [1]. For more information about salaries of speech-language pathologists in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 72 Highest Paying Industries for Speech-Language Pathologists

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly	$90,240	$65,110	830
2	Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities)	$89,290	$62,480	5,320
3	Nursing and Residential Care Facilities	$88,920	$60,830	6,720
4	Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers	$88,440	$63,280	210
5	Home Health Care Services	$86,360	$54,550	4,630
6	Offices of Physicians	$84,820	$51,530	1,200
7	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$83,920	$55,090	n/a
8	Temporary Help Services	$83,810	$51,420	930
9	Federal government, including USPS	$83,780	$52,140	1,870
10	Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	$83,780	$52,140	1,870
11	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - Privately owned	$81,110	$58,250	70
12	Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities	$80,900	$51,850	280
13	Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities	$80,600	$44,930	500
14	Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities	$80,230	$42,790	220
15	Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services	$79,390	$39,460	100
16	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$79,110	$38,590	110
17	Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals	$79,050	$54,420	3,110
18	Health Care and Social Assistance	$78,880	$50,940	60,730
19	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals	$78,650	$55,270	130
20	Specialty hospitals - Privately owned	$78,630	$54,160	2,960
21	Ambulatory Health Care Services	$78,570	$49,910	32,730
22	Employment Services	$78,540	$51,090	1,310
23	Administrative and Support Services	$78,510	$51,110	1,310
24	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	$78,510	$51,110	1,310
25	Hospitals - Privately owned	$77,970	$54,490	15,340
26	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Privately owned	$77,780	$54,560	12,310
27	Offices of All Other Health Practitioners	$77,680	$54,020	500
28	Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)	$77,660	$54,250	17,280
29	Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists	$77,500	$49,590	24,710
30	Offices of Other Health Practitioners	$77,500	$49,620	25,410
31	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	$77,340	$54,200	14,040
32	Hospitals - Local government owned	$77,320	$53,530	1,430
33	Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians)	$76,900	$45,670	190
34	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$76,460	$48,070	3,810
35	Federal, State, and Local Government	$76,460	$48,070	3,810
36	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Local government owned	$76,040	$53,090	1,330
37	Outpatient Care Centers	$76,030	$50,840	1,110
38	Educational Support Services - Privately owned	$75,950	$50,810	390
39	Other Residential Care Facilities	$75,920	$37,060	80
40	All Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$75,040	$51,880	130
41	Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$75,040	$51,880	130
42	Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories	$74,570	$53,170	60
43	Specialty hospitals - State government owned	$74,020	$57,900	40
44	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - State government owned	$73,640	$53,950	60
45	Child Day Care Services	$72,480	$43,170	1,240
46	Hospitals - State government owned	$70,890	$50,980	500
47	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - State government owned	$70,120	$49,410	400
48	Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$68,650	$47,560	1,430
49	State government, including schools and hospitals	$67,630	$47,850	1,660
50	Educational Services - Privately owned	$67,570	$41,450	3,760
51	Social Assistance	$67,240	$40,020	4,000
52	Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities	$67,020	$43,570	1,240
53	State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$66,680	$48,840	510
54	Elementary and Secondary Schools - State government owned	$66,560	$45,070	380
55	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Privately owned	$66,390	$41,790	180
56	Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	$66,320	$43,710	470
57	Educational Services - State government owned	$66,000	$44,500	650
58	Educational Support Services	$65,790	$41,700	1,590
59	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - State government owned	$65,130	$43,870	270
60	Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit	$64,600	$42,310	62,140
61	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Privately owned	$64,000	$39,800	2,850
62	Individual and Family Services	$63,900	$39,350	2,380
63	Local government, including schools and hospitals	$63,740	$42,200	58,610
64	Other Services (except Federal, State, and Local Government)	$63,600	$44,070	100
65	Educational Services	$63,440	$41,970	60,160
66	Grantmaking and Giving Services	$63,330	$44,280	60
67	Elementary and Secondary Schools	$63,200	$41,930	57,740
68	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Local government owned	$63,120	$42,020	54,510
69	Educational Services - Local government owned	$63,120	$41,980	55,750
70	Educational Support Services - Local government owned	$62,860	$40,210	1,200
71	Vocational Rehabilitation Services	$62,640	$40,770	n/a
72	Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations	$62,430	$43,820	90