The annual salary statistics of speech-language pathologists in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington is shown in Table 1. The wage data of speech-language pathologists in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett 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 | $57,580 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $66,770 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $77,650 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $92,660 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $103,490 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for speech-language pathologists in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $103,490. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $77,650. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $57,580.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of speech-language pathologists from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $77,650 | 2.68% | 4.62% |
| 2016 | $75,570 | -1.44% | - |
| 2015 | $76,660 | 7.93% | - |
| 2014 | $70,580 | 0.57% | - |
| 2013 | $70,180 | -5.53% | - |
| 2012 | $74,060 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $77,650 in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett is in the middle of salary range for speech-language pathologists in state of Washington. In comparison, the annual salary of speech-language pathologists in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett is 23.2 percent (23.2%) lower than that in the highest paying Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro and 11.7 percent (11.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area.