The annual salary statistics of speech-language pathologists in Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia is shown in Table 1. The wage data of speech-language pathologists in Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News 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 | $60,430 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $71,920 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $83,490 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $104,440 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $121,680 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for speech-language pathologists in Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $121,680. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $83,490. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $60,430.
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 | $83,490 | 4.97% | 11.35% |
| 2021 | $79,340 | -4.68% | - |
| 2020 | $83,050 | 2.06% | - |
| 2019 | $81,340 | 1.62% | - |
| 2018 | $80,020 | 0.79% | - |
| 2017 | $79,390 | 4.84% | - |
| 2016 | $75,550 | 1.68% | - |
| 2015 | $74,280 | -3.11% | - |
| 2014 | $76,590 | 3.77% | - |
| 2013 | $73,700 | -0.42% | - |
| 2012 | $74,010 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $83,490 in Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News is in the middle of salary range for speech-language pathologists in state of Virginia. In comparison, the annual salary of speech-language pathologists in Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News is 15.0 percent (15.0%) lower than that in the highest paying Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area and 32.7 percent (32.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Danville.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area | |
| Roanoke | |
| Northwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area | |
| Charlottesville | |
| Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News | |
| Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford | |
| Richmond | |
| Southwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area | |
| Staunton-Waynesboro | |
| Lynchburg | |
| Northeastern Virginia nonmetropolitan area | |
| Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol | |
| Harrisonburg | |
| Danville |