The annual salary statistics of speech-language pathologists in Yakima, Washington is shown in Table 1. The wage information of speech-language pathologists in Yakima 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 | $64,000 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $72,850 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $89,910 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $103,050 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $111,590 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for speech-language pathologists in Yakima, Washington in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $111,590. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $89,910. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $64,000.
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 | $89,910 | -0.67% | 20.44% |
| 2021 | $90,510 | -0.84% | - |
| 2020 | $91,270 | 13.21% | - |
| 2019 | $79,210 | 7.08% | - |
| 2018 | $73,600 | -20.34% | - |
| 2017 | $88,570 | 15.76% | - |
| 2016 | $74,610 | 1.90% | - |
| 2015 | $73,190 | 0.68% | - |
| 2014 | $72,690 | -0.14% | - |
| 2013 | $72,790 | 1.73% | - |
| 2012 | $71,530 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $89,910 in Yakima 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 Yakima is 11.1 percent (11.1%) lower than that in the highest paying Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro and 23.7 percent (23.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area.