The annual salary statistics of speech-language pathologists in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage information of speech-language pathologists in Watertown-Fort Drum 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 | $57,350 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $63,820 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $64,890 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $95,130 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $101,380 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for speech-language pathologists in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $101,380. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $64,890. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $57,350.
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 | $64,890 | 6.77% | -21.08% |
| 2021 | $60,500 | -13.93% | - |
| 2020 | $68,930 | 2.68% | - |
| 2019 | $67,080 | 7.84% | - |
| 2018 | $61,820 | 3.82% | - |
| 2017 | $59,460 | -32.14% | - |
| 2015 | $78,570 | 0.00% | - |
| 2012 | $78,570 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $64,890 in Watertown-Fort Drum 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 Watertown-Fort Drum is 39.2 percent (39.2%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 3.5 percent (3.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying Central New York nonmetropolitan area.