Speech And Language Specialist salary

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Sharon Rowley Ph.D.

Average speech and language specialist salary

$62,320

$29.96 hourly rate

Entry-level speech and language specialist salary
$43,000 yearly salary
Updated January 8, 2025

How much does a speech and language specialist make?

The average speech and language specialist salary in the United States is $62,320. Speech and language specialist salaries typically range between $43,000 and $90,000 yearly. The average hourly rate for speech and language specialists is $29.96 per hour.

Speech and language specialist salary is impacted by location, education, and experience. Speech and language specialists earn the highest average salary in California.

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Speech And Language Specialist Salaries By Experience Level

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Entry-level speech and language specialist$59,500$28.60
Mid-level speech and language specialist$64,300$30.91
Senior-level speech and language specialist$69,100$33.22

Average speech and language specialist salary by state

The average speech and language specialist salary in California, Nevada, and Virginia are the highest in the U.S. The lowest average speech and language specialist salary states are Alabama, Indiana, and South Dakota.

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Highest paying states for speech and language specialists

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1Virginia$76,130$36.60
2California$78,946$37.95
3Washington$75,070$36.09
4Louisiana$71,535$34.39
5Delaware$69,629$33.48
6Nevada$78,554$37.77
7New Mexico$66,332$31.89
8Missouri$72,422$34.82
9Connecticut$69,582$33.45
10Florida$65,689$31.58
11Oregon$69,057$33.20
12Texas$63,787$30.67
13Idaho$67,296$32.35
14Alaska$74,827$35.97
15Wyoming$63,833$30.69
16New Jersey$72,018$34.62
17Pennsylvania$67,808$32.60
18Kansas$60,915$29.29
19North Carolina$62,693$30.14
20Colorado$67,235$32.32
21South Carolina$60,843$29.25
22District of Columbia$75,294$36.20
23Arizona$61,526$29.58
24Hawaii$67,384$32.40
25Massachusetts$61,000$29.33
26Arkansas$61,098$29.37
27Maryland$61,699$29.66
28Illinois$61,415$29.53
29Ohio$60,196$28.94
30West Virginia$55,314$26.59
31Utah$62,939$30.26
32Kentucky$58,611$28.18
33Montana$61,017$29.34
34Iowa$57,319$27.56
35New York$63,395$30.48
36Mississippi$59,702$28.70
37Rhode Island$58,070$27.92
38North Dakota$55,506$26.69
39Oklahoma$60,153$28.92
40Georgia$59,407$28.56
41Vermont$50,331$24.20
42New Hampshire$49,156$23.63
43Michigan$56,349$27.09
44Nebraska$55,088$26.48
45Wisconsin$56,563$27.19
46Tennessee$56,710$27.26
47Minnesota$56,387$27.11
48Indiana$51,164$24.60
49Alabama$54,638$26.27
50South Dakota$50,708$24.38
51Maine$42,220$20.30
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Highest paying cities for speech and language specialists

The highest-paying cities for speech and language specialists are Colusa, CA, Oroville, CA, and Campbell, CA.

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1Colusa, CA$82,704$39.76
2Oroville, CA$82,273$39.55
3Campbell, CA$82,264$39.55
4San Jose, CA$82,227$39.53
5Capitola, CA$82,072$39.46
6Modesto, CA$82,036$39.44
7Corralitos, CA$82,033$39.44
8Watsonville, CA$81,975$39.41
9Hollister, CA$81,804$39.33
10Visalia, CA$80,476$38.69
11Bakersfield, CA$79,495$38.22
12Yreka, CA$79,304$38.13
13Santa Barbara, CA$78,620$37.80
14Oxnard, CA$78,207$37.60
15Camarillo, CA$78,185$37.59
16Lawndale, CA$77,637$37.33
17Whittier, CA$77,619$37.32
18Santa Fe Springs, CA$77,606$37.31
19Pomona, CA$77,596$37.31
20Anaheim, CA$77,440$37.23

Speech And Language Specialist salary details

A speech and language specialist's salary ranges from $43,000 a year at the 10th percentile to $90,000 at the 90th percentile.

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Average Speech And Language Specialist Salary Graph, Trends, and Summary

What is a speech and language specialist's salary?

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90th Percentile$90,000$7,500$43
75th Percentile$75,000$6,250$36
Average$62,320$5,193$30
25th Percentile$51,000$4,250$25
10th Percentile$43,000$3,583$21

Highest paying speech and language specialist jobs

The highest paying types of speech and language specialists are speech therapist, speech/language therapist, and speech-language pathologist teacher.

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Student Clinician$59,506$4,959$28.6136,281
Graduate Student Clinician$59,667$4,972$28.6939,709
Speech-Language Pathology Internship$59,985$4,999$28.8472,220
Speech Pathologist$62,640$5,220$30.1222,779
Speech Therapist$70,411$5,868$33.8557,509
Speech/Language Therapist$67,378$5,615$32.3945,699

How would you rate the starting salaries for Speech And Language Specialists, as well as the prospects for salary advancement?

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Sharon Rowley Ph.D.

Professor, Christopher Newport University

Salaries for English majors tend to start in the 30-40K range, but they catch up by mid-career. Long term salaries can be highly competitive, because English Majors and students in the Liberal Arts tend to have a wider range of skills that lead to promotion into middle and upper management positions.

Which companies pay speech and language specialists the most?

Speech and language specialist salaries at Tenet Healthcare and Roper St. Francis Healthcare are the highest-paying according to our most recent salary estimates. In addition, the average speech and language specialist salary at companies like AccentCare and Hackensack Meridian Health are highly competitive.

Wage gap by gender, race and education

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Speech And Language Specialist salary trends

The average speech and language specialist salary has risen by $8,812 over the last ten years. In 2014, the average speech and language specialist earned $53,508 annually, but today, they earn $62,320 a year. That works out to a 8% change in pay for speech and language specialists over the last decade.

Compare speech and language specialist salaries for cities or states with the national average over time.

Average speech and language specialist salary over time

Compare speech and language specialist salaries for individual cities or states with the national average.

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Speech And Language Specialist salary by year

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2025$62,300$29.96+1.7%
2024$61,300$29.46+2.0%
2023$60,000$28.86+1.2%
2022$59,300$28.52+2.5%
2021$57,800$27.80+1.7%

Recently added speech and language specialist salaries

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Lafayette School CorporationSpeech Language Pathology AideHope, IN12/13/2024$39,131
Bakersfield City School DistrictSpeech and Language Specialist/Therapist School Year)Bakersfield, CA12/13/2024$71,150
Hamilton Township School District Mercer CountySpeech Language SpecialistDowne, NJ12/13/2024$62,819
Newark Board of EducationSpeech Language Specialist (Nboe)Newark, NJ12/13/2024$58,382
Essex Regional Educational Services CommissionSpeech Language SpecialistEssex Fells, NJ12/13/2024$102,889
Yolo County Office of EducationSpeech and Language Specialist, Special Education School Year PoolRowe, MA12/09/2024$71,833
California Department of EducationSpeech & Language Specialist (23)Colusa, CA12/06/2024$88,022
Colusa County Office of EducationSpeech & Language Specialist (23)Colusa, CA12/06/2024$88,022
Louisiana Department of State Civil ServiceSpeech/Audiology Specialist 3Noble, LA12/03/2024$70,320
Eden Autism ServicesSpeech Language Specialist-Adult Autism ServicesHamilton, NJ11/21/2024$74,000

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