The annual salary statistics of speech-language pathologists in Columbia, South Carolina is shown in Table 1. The wage information of speech-language pathologists in Columbia 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 | $56,050 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $62,650 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $80,850 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $101,200 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $108,230 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for speech-language pathologists in Columbia, South Carolina in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $108,230. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $80,850. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $56,050.
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 | $80,850 | 2.70% | 29.67% |
| 2021 | $78,670 | -3.80% | - |
| 2020 | $81,660 | 12.39% | - |
| 2019 | $71,540 | 12.34% | - |
| 2018 | $62,710 | -2.46% | - |
| 2017 | $64,250 | 3.86% | - |
| 2016 | $61,770 | 4.31% | - |
| 2015 | $59,110 | 0.68% | - |
| 2014 | $58,710 | 1.24% | - |
| 2013 | $57,980 | 1.93% | - |
| 2012 | $56,860 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $80,850 in Columbia 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 Columbia is 3.3 percent (3.3%) lower than that in the highest paying Low Country South Carolina nonmetropolitan area and 26.2 percent (26.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying Sumter.