The annual salary statistics of speech-language pathologists in Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina is shown in Table 1. The wage data of speech-language pathologists in Durham-Chapel Hill 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 | $60,110 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $65,250 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $73,330 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $90,700 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $105,450 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for speech-language pathologists in Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $105,450. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $73,330. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $60,110.
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 | $73,330 | -2.11% | 12.15% |
| 2021 | $74,880 | 10.84% | - |
| 2020 | $66,760 | -4.13% | - |
| 2019 | $69,520 | -21.22% | - |
| 2018 | $84,270 | 2.88% | - |
| 2017 | $81,840 | 7.28% | - |
| 2016 | $75,880 | 16.95% | - |
| 2015 | $63,020 | -6.38% | - |
| 2014 | $67,040 | 3.28% | - |
| 2013 | $64,840 | 0.65% | - |
| 2012 | $64,420 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $73,330 in Durham-Chapel Hill is in the middle of salary range for speech-language pathologists in state of North Carolina. In comparison, the annual salary of speech-language pathologists in Durham-Chapel Hill is 10.7 percent (10.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Greenville and 14.0 percent (14.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying Burlington.