The annual salary statistics of speech-language pathologists in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of speech-language pathologists in Buffalo-Niagara Falls 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 | $48,120 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $58,760 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $76,000 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $95,150 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $110,890 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for speech-language pathologists in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $110,890. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $76,000. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $48,120.
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 | $76,000 | -1.70% | 18.08% |
| 2021 | $77,290 | 9.32% | - |
| 2020 | $70,090 | -1.74% | - |
| 2019 | $71,310 | 2.12% | - |
| 2018 | $69,800 | 5.21% | - |
| 2017 | $66,160 | -7.39% | - |
| 2016 | $71,050 | 0.42% | - |
| 2015 | $70,750 | -5.71% | - |
| 2014 | $74,790 | 8.38% | - |
| 2013 | $68,520 | 9.14% | - |
| 2012 | $62,260 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $76,000 in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is in the middle of salary range for speech-language pathologists in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of speech-language pathologists in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is 28.7 percent (28.7%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 17.6 percent (17.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying Central New York nonmetropolitan area.