The annual salary statistics of speech-language pathologists in Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina is shown in Table 1. The wage information of speech-language pathologists in Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill 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 | $57,720 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $65,620 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $77,720 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $93,500 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $103,950 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for speech-language pathologists in Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $103,950. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $77,720. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $57,720.
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 | $77,720 | 0.55% | 15.12% |
| 2021 | $77,290 | 2.39% | - |
| 2020 | $75,440 | 6.27% | - |
| 2019 | $70,710 | -7.95% | - |
| 2018 | $76,330 | 4.89% | - |
| 2017 | $72,600 | 7.07% | - |
| 2016 | $67,470 | 3.76% | - |
| 2015 | $64,930 | -0.45% | - |
| 2014 | $65,220 | -7.87% | - |
| 2013 | $70,350 | 6.23% | - |
| 2012 | $65,970 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $77,720 in Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill is in the middle of salary range for speech-language pathologists in state of South Carolina. In comparison, the annual salary of speech-language pathologists in Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill is 7.1 percent (7.1%) lower than that in the highest paying Low Country South Carolina nonmetropolitan area and 23.2 percent (23.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying Sumter.