The annual salary statistics of speech-language pathologists in Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky is shown in Table 1. The wage data of speech-language pathologists in Lexington-Fayette 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 | $55,240 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $65,990 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $80,760 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $87,440 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $104,420 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for speech-language pathologists in Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $104,420. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $80,760. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $55,240.
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 | $80,760 | 3.85% | 25.28% |
| 2021 | $77,650 | 8.46% | - |
| 2020 | $71,080 | 3.33% | - |
| 2019 | $68,710 | 4.35% | - |
| 2018 | $65,720 | -3.42% | - |
| 2017 | $67,970 | 4.90% | - |
| 2016 | $64,640 | -17.70% | - |
| 2015 | $76,080 | 6.56% | - |
| 2014 | $71,090 | 0.39% | - |
| 2013 | $70,810 | 14.79% | - |
| 2012 | $60,340 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $80,760, Lexington-Fayette is the second highest paying city for speech-language pathologists in state of Kentucky, following the highest paying city Louisville-Jefferson County (median annual salary of $95,050). Compared with Louisville-Jefferson County, the median annual salary of speech-language pathologists in Lexington-Fayette is 15.0 percent (15.0%) lower.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Louisville-Jefferson County | |
| Lexington-Fayette | |
| Owensboro | |
| Bowling Green | |
| Evansville | |
| Elizabethtown | |
| West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area |