The annual salary statistics of speech-language pathologists in Knoxville, Tennessee is shown in Table 1. The wage information of speech-language pathologists in Knoxville 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 | $50,780 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $63,780 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $73,750 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $95,960 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $103,490 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for speech-language pathologists in Knoxville, Tennessee in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $103,490. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $73,750. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $50,780.
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 | $73,750 | -0.66% | 21.56% |
| 2021 | $74,240 | 8.89% | - |
| 2020 | $67,640 | -3.74% | - |
| 2019 | $70,170 | -12.36% | - |
| 2018 | $78,840 | 0.99% | - |
| 2017 | $78,060 | 16.47% | - |
| 2016 | $65,200 | 6.67% | - |
| 2015 | $60,850 | -2.93% | - |
| 2014 | $62,630 | 5.78% | - |
| 2013 | $59,010 | 1.97% | - |
| 2012 | $57,850 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $73,750 in Knoxville is in the middle of salary range for speech-language pathologists in state of Tennessee. In comparison, the annual salary of speech-language pathologists in Knoxville is 11.7 percent (11.7%) lower than that in the highest paying North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area and 14.6 percent (14.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying Western Tennessee nonmetropolitan area.