The highest-paying states 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 of speech-language pathologists in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $106,190, District of Columbia is the highest paying state for speech-language pathologists. It is followed by California (average annual salary $105,290). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of speech-language pathologists in a specific state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | District of Columbia | $106,190 |
$76,680 | 410 |
| 2 | California | $105,290 |
$76,740 | 17,100 |
| 3 | Hawaii | $102,180 |
$80,080 | 150 |
| 4 | New York | $100,730 |
$60,790 | 13,760 |
| 5 | Colorado | $100,580 |
$72,240 | 4,330 |
| 6 | Oregon | $100,190 |
$59,500 | 1,640 |
| 7 | New Jersey | $98,150 |
$64,000 | 5,190 |
| 8 | New Mexico | $97,850 |
$63,780 | 820 |
| 9 | Virginia | $97,470 |
$62,280 | 3,150 |
| 10 | Maryland | $96,220 |
$59,270 | 3,150 |
| 11 | Massachusetts | $95,700 |
$63,090 | 4,520 |
| 12 | Connecticut | $95,060 |
$63,620 | 1,990 |
| 13 | Washington | $93,730 |
$72,710 | 3,310 |
| 14 | Rhode Island | $93,160 |
$64,160 | 600 |
| 15 | Arizona | $92,650 |
$63,790 | 3,260 |
| 16 | Alaska | $87,740 |
$63,710 | 310 |
| 17 | Florida | $86,860 |
$55,010 | 7,420 |
| 18 | Nevada | $86,110 |
$51,310 | 980 |
| 19 | Delaware | $84,320 |
$61,290 | 510 |
| 20 | Utah | $82,970 |
$52,160 | 1,280 |
| 21 | Ohio | $82,790 |
$58,090 | 6,170 |
| 22 | Indiana | $82,190 |
$50,790 | 2,580 |
| 23 | Michigan | $81,820 |
$56,330 | 4,200 |
| 24 | Pennsylvania | $81,560 |
$56,220 | 5,810 |
| 25 | Minnesota | $81,150 |
$60,120 | 3,100 |
| 26 | Texas | $79,810 |
$58,480 | 15,430 |
| 27 | Illinois | $79,630 |
$50,380 | 9,610 |
| 28 | Missouri | $79,360 |
$47,220 | 3,100 |
| 29 | Montana | $79,350 |
$54,770 | 410 |
| 30 | New Hampshire | $79,040 |
$52,010 | 850 |
| 31 | Wisconsin | $78,940 |
$57,070 | 2,740 |
| 32 | Tennessee | $78,730 |
$48,930 | 2,740 |
| 33 | Kentucky | $78,490 |
$53,750 | 2,630 |
| 34 | Georgia | $78,310 |
$52,710 | 3,620 |
| 35 | South Carolina | $78,270 |
$48,660 | 2,270 |
| 36 | Vermont | $77,920 |
$51,690 | 440 |
| 37 | Kansas | $77,830 |
$50,300 | 1,630 |
| 38 | Maine | $77,380 |
$58,330 | 680 |
| 39 | Oklahoma | $76,820 |
$45,180 | 1,990 |
| 40 | Nebraska | $76,140 |
$51,370 | 1,170 |
| 41 | Iowa | $76,130 |
$59,620 | 1,530 |
| 42 | North Carolina | $75,530 |
$51,870 | 4,880 |
| 43 | Idaho | $73,440 |
$50,990 | 910 |
| 44 | Arkansas | $73,270 |
$50,420 | 1,820 |
| 45 | Mississippi | $73,000 |
$47,970 | 1,460 |
| 46 | West Virginia | $69,630 |
$49,310 | 620 |
| 47 | Wyoming | $68,730 |
$57,230 | 310 |
| 48 | Alabama | $66,560 |
$49,380 | 2,330 |
| 49 | North Dakota | $63,930 |
$49,560 | 560 |
| 50 | Louisiana | $63,010 |
$48,480 | 2,650 |
| 51 | South Dakota | $62,780 |
$47,440 | 380 |
| 52 | Puerto Rico | $44,280 |
$29,660 | 180 |