The annual salary statistics of speech-language pathologists in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is shown in Table 1. The wage information of speech-language pathologists in Pittsburgh 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 | $47,900 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $59,600 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $79,100 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $93,370 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $102,360 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for speech-language pathologists in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $102,360. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $79,100. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $47,900.
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 | $79,100 | 1.74% | 9.48% |
| 2021 | $77,720 | -0.72% | - |
| 2020 | $78,280 | 3.92% | - |
| 2019 | $75,210 | 6.06% | - |
| 2018 | $70,650 | 3.86% | - |
| 2017 | $67,920 | -3.84% | - |
| 2016 | $70,530 | -0.09% | - |
| 2015 | $70,590 | -0.99% | - |
| 2014 | $71,290 | 0.45% | - |
| 2013 | $70,970 | -0.89% | - |
| 2012 | $71,600 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $79,100 in Pittsburgh 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 Pittsburgh is 16.7 percent (16.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington and 16.9 percent (16.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying East Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area.