The annual salary statistics of speech-language pathologists in Burlington, North Carolina is shown in Table 1. The wage information of speech-language pathologists in Burlington 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 | $49,170 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $60,820 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $63,050 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $84,070 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $98,030 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for speech-language pathologists in Burlington, North Carolina in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $98,030. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $63,050. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $49,170.
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 | $63,050 | 4.79% | 10.91% |
| 2021 | $60,030 | 0.78% | - |
| 2020 | $59,560 | 4.23% | - |
| 2019 | $57,040 | -0.82% | - |
| 2017 | $57,510 | -1.11% | - |
| 2016 | $58,150 | 5.38% | - |
| 2015 | $55,020 | -0.71% | - |
| 2014 | $55,410 | -34.87% | - |
| 2013 | $74,730 | 24.84% | - |
| 2012 | $56,170 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $63,050, Burlington is the lowest paying city for speech-language pathologists in state of North Carolina, following city of Greenville (median annual salary of $82,090). In comparison, the median annual salary of speech-language pathologists in Burlington is 23.2 percent (23.2%) lower than that in the highest paying city Greenville.