The annual salary statistics of speech-language pathologists in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois is shown in Table 1. The wage data of speech-language pathologists in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area) 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 | $55,620 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $63,400 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $81,580 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $102,830 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $113,800 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for speech-language pathologists in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $113,800. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $81,580. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $55,620.
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 | $81,580 | 2.08% | 13.62% |
| 2021 | $79,880 | -1.95% | - |
| 2020 | $81,440 | 2.95% | - |
| 2019 | $79,040 | 3.12% | - |
| 2018 | $76,570 | -4.01% | - |
| 2017 | $79,640 | 4.67% | - |
| 2016 | $75,920 | 0.11% | - |
| 2015 | $75,840 | 4.03% | - |
| 2014 | $72,780 | -0.03% | - |
| 2013 | $72,800 | 3.20% | - |
| 2012 | $70,470 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $81,580, Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area) is the second highest paying city for speech-language pathologists in state of Illinois, following the highest paying city Rockford (median annual salary of $82,120). Compared with Rockford, the median annual salary of speech-language pathologists in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area) is .7 percent (.7%) lower.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Rockford | |
| Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area) | |
| Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) | |
| Bloomington | |
| Kankakee-Bradley | |
| Springfield | |
| West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area | |
| Carbondale-Marion | |
| Peoria | |
| Decatur | |
| Bloomington-Normal | |
| South Illinois nonmetropolitan area | |
| Champaign-Urbana | |
| Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area | |
| East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area | |
| Danville |