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Speech-Language Pathologists Salary in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois

The annual salary statistics of speech-language pathologists in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois is shown in Table 1. The wage data of speech-language pathologists in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Speech-Language Pathologists in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$52,040
25th Percentile Wage
$60,720
50th Percentile Wage
$79,610
75th Percentile Wage
$98,130
90th Percentile Wage
$118,450

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for speech-language pathologists in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $118,450. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $79,610. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $52,040.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of speech-language pathologists from 2012 to 2017.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$79,610
4.13% 11.27%
2016
$76,320
-0.85% -
2015
$76,970
5.24% -
2014
$72,940
-0.88% -
2013
$73,580
4.00% -
2012
$70,640
- -

Table 2. Compare Speech-Language Pathologists Salary in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) with Other Illinois Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $79,610 in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) is in the middle of salary range for speech-language pathologists in state of Illinois. In comparison, the annual salary of speech-language pathologists in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) is 3.1 percent (3.1%) lower than that in the highest paying Rockford and 25.9 percent (25.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying Danville.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Rockford
$82,120
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area)
$81,580
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division)
$79,610
Bloomington
$77,160
Kankakee-Bradley
$76,390
Springfield
$74,630
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area
$74,510
Carbondale-Marion
$73,490
Peoria
$65,580
Decatur
$65,500
Bloomington-Normal
$64,870
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area
$64,840
Champaign-Urbana
$64,350
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area
$62,730
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area
$62,280
Danville
$59,010