The annual salary statistics of speech-language pathologists in St Louis, Missouri is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of speech-language pathologists in St Louis 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 | $48,850 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $60,390 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $81,550 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $97,340 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $106,270 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for speech-language pathologists in St Louis, Missouri in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $106,270. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $81,550. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $48,850.
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 | $81,550 | 4.27% | 12.86% |
| 2021 | $78,070 | -13.81% | - |
| 2020 | $88,850 | 0.55% | - |
| 2019 | $88,360 | 5.52% | - |
| 2018 | $83,480 | 6.46% | - |
| 2017 | $78,090 | 11.26% | - |
| 2016 | $69,300 | -1.89% | - |
| 2015 | $70,610 | 1.60% | - |
| 2014 | $69,480 | -1.93% | - |
| 2013 | $70,820 | -0.34% | - |
| 2012 | $71,060 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $81,550, St Louis is the second highest paying city for speech-language pathologists in state of Missouri, following the highest paying city Columbia (median annual salary of $83,200). Compared with Columbia, the median annual salary of speech-language pathologists in St Louis is 2.0 percent (2.0%) lower.