The annual salary statistics of speech-language pathologists in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts is shown in Table 1. The wage data of speech-language pathologists in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy 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 | $54,640 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $68,800 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $86,990 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $103,220 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $121,530 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for speech-language pathologists in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $121,530. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $86,990. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $54,640.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of speech-language pathologists from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $86,990 | 1.85% | 16.92% |
| 2016 | $85,380 | 0.22% | - |
| 2015 | $85,190 | 5.80% | - |
| 2014 | $80,250 | 4.93% | - |
| 2013 | $76,290 | 5.27% | - |
| 2012 | $72,270 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $86,990 in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy is in the middle of salary range for speech-language pathologists in state of Massachusetts. In comparison, the annual salary of speech-language pathologists in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy is 10.9 percent (10.9%) lower than that in the highest paying Barnstable Town and 11.6 percent (11.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying Taunton-Norton-Raynham.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Barnstable Town | |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy | |
| Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area | |
| Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton | |
| New Bedford | |
| Northwest Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area | |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy | |
| Framingham | |
| Worcester | |
| Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner | |
| Pittsfield | |
| Springfield | |
| Peabody | |
| Taunton-Norton-Raynham |