The annual salary statistics of speech-language pathologists in Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin is shown in Table 1. The wage data of speech-language pathologists in Lake County-Kenosha County 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 | $50,050 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $62,890 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $81,320 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $98,570 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $114,090 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for speech-language pathologists in Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $114,090. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $81,320. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $50,050.
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 | $81,320 | 1.97% | 13.45% |
| 2016 | $79,720 | 6.60% | - |
| 2015 | $74,460 | 1.95% | - |
| 2014 | $73,010 | 7.93% | - |
| 2013 | $67,220 | -4.70% | - |
| 2012 | $70,380 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $81,320 in Lake County-Kenosha County 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 Lake County-Kenosha County is 2.4 percent (2.4%) lower than that in the highest paying Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington and 25.1 percent (25.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area.