The annual salary statistics of speech-language pathologists in Florence, South Carolina is shown in Table 1. The wage information of speech-language pathologists in Florence 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 | $47,380 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $65,450 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $82,400 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $100,650 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $129,890 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for speech-language pathologists in Florence, South Carolina in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $129,890. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $82,400. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $47,380.
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 | $82,400 | 6.18% | 15.73% |
| 2021 | $77,310 | 3.65% | - |
| 2020 | $74,490 | 3.48% | - |
| 2019 | $71,900 | -29.18% | - |
| 2018 | $92,880 | 3.90% | - |
| 2017 | $89,260 | -9.30% | - |
| 2016 | $97,560 | 17.72% | - |
| 2015 | $80,270 | 4.37% | - |
| 2014 | $76,760 | 19.93% | - |
| 2013 | $61,460 | -12.98% | - |
| 2012 | $69,440 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $82,400, Florence is the second highest paying city for speech-language pathologists in state of South Carolina, following the highest paying city Low Country South Carolina nonmetropolitan area (median annual salary of $83,630). Compared with Low Country South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, the median annual salary of speech-language pathologists in Florence is 1.5 percent (1.5%) lower.