The annual salary statistics of speech-language pathologists in Madison, Wisconsin is shown in Table 1. The wage information of speech-language pathologists in Madison 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 | $58,120 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $62,950 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $78,560 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $94,390 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $103,370 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for speech-language pathologists in Madison, Wisconsin in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $103,370. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $78,560. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $58,120.
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 | $78,560 | 3.65% | 23.78% |
| 2021 | $75,690 | 1.02% | - |
| 2020 | $74,920 | 1.21% | - |
| 2019 | $74,010 | -2.32% | - |
| 2018 | $75,730 | 2.38% | - |
| 2017 | $73,930 | 1.99% | - |
| 2016 | $72,460 | 10.99% | - |
| 2015 | $64,500 | -0.91% | - |
| 2014 | $65,090 | 8.27% | - |
| 2013 | $59,710 | -0.28% | - |
| 2012 | $59,880 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $78,560 in Madison 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 Madison is 5.7 percent (5.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington and 22.5 percent (22.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area.