The annual salary statistics of speech-language pathologists in Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky is shown in Table 1. The wage data of speech-language pathologists in Louisville-Jefferson County 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 | $61,540 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $78,490 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $95,050 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $103,770 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $128,070 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for speech-language pathologists in Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $128,070. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $95,050. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $61,540.
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 | $95,050 | 2.20% | 17.58% |
| 2021 | $92,960 | 6.98% | - |
| 2020 | $86,470 | -1.92% | - |
| 2019 | $88,130 | 1.63% | - |
| 2018 | $86,690 | -0.18% | - |
| 2017 | $86,850 | -0.81% | - |
| 2016 | $87,550 | 5.44% | - |
| 2015 | $82,790 | 2.87% | - |
| 2014 | $80,410 | 2.50% | - |
| 2013 | $78,400 | 0.08% | - |
| 2012 | $78,340 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $95,050, Louisville-Jefferson County is the highest paying city for speech-language pathologists in state of Kentucky, followed by Lexington-Fayette (median annual salary $80,760). In comparison, the median annual salary of speech-language pathologists in Louisville-Jefferson County is 15.0 percent (15.0%) higher than that in Lexington-Fayette.
| 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 |