The annual salary statistics of speech-language pathologists in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is shown in Table 1. The wage information of speech-language pathologists in Philadelphia 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 | $53,230 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $59,150 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $72,430 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $95,280 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $115,400 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for speech-language pathologists in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $115,400. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $72,430. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $53,230.
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 | $72,430 | -5.32% | -1.88% |
| 2016 | $76,280 | -9.66% | - |
| 2015 | $83,650 | 4.35% | - |
| 2014 | $80,010 | 5.02% | - |
| 2013 | $75,990 | 2.90% | - |
| 2012 | $73,790 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $72,430 in Philadelphia is in the middle of salary range for speech-language pathologists in state of Pennsylvania. In comparison, the annual salary of speech-language pathologists in Philadelphia is 23.7 percent (23.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington and 9.2 percent (9.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying East Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area.