The annual salary statistics of speech-language pathologists in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of speech-language pathologists in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown 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 | $62,500 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $65,460 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $82,200 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $106,150 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $127,200 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for speech-language pathologists in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $127,200. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $82,200. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $62,500.
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 | $82,200 | 5.05% | 22.48% |
| 2021 | $78,050 | 10.72% | - |
| 2020 | $69,680 | -0.32% | - |
| 2019 | $69,900 | -4.81% | - |
| 2018 | $73,260 | -11.00% | - |
| 2017 | $81,320 | 2.68% | - |
| 2016 | $79,140 | 5.19% | - |
| 2015 | $75,030 | 7.08% | - |
| 2014 | $69,720 | 4.27% | - |
| 2013 | $66,740 | 4.53% | - |
| 2012 | $63,720 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $82,200 in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is in the middle of salary range for speech-language pathologists in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of speech-language pathologists in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 15.7 percent (15.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Longview and 22.9 percent (22.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying San Angelo.