The annual salary statistics of speech-language pathologists in La Crosse, Wisconsin is shown in Table 1. The wage information of speech-language pathologists in La Crosse 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 | $55,450 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $60,180 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $78,710 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $93,870 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $97,830 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for speech-language pathologists in La Crosse, Wisconsin in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $97,830. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $78,710. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $55,450.
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 | $78,710 | 4.70% | 18.24% |
| 2021 | $75,010 | 18.58% | - |
| 2020 | $61,070 | -9.73% | - |
| 2019 | $67,010 | 12.03% | - |
| 2018 | $58,950 | 24.78% | - |
| 2017 | $44,340 | -25.03% | - |
| 2016 | $55,440 | 9.90% | - |
| 2015 | $49,950 | -8.67% | - |
| 2014 | $54,280 | 2.95% | - |
| 2013 | $52,680 | -22.15% | - |
| 2012 | $64,350 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $78,710 in La Crosse is in the middle of salary range for speech-language pathologists in state of Wisconsin. In comparison, the annual salary of speech-language pathologists in La Crosse is 5.6 percent (5.6%) lower than that in the highest paying Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington and 22.6 percent (22.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area.