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21.6% Jobs Projection
$82,170 Median Salary
940 Job Openings

You’re in luck! Jobs for Speech-Language Pathologists in New York are projected to grow and these jobs tend to pay higher than average.

  • Projected employment for Speech-Language Pathologists in New York is growing faster than average.

  • Speech-Language Pathologists in New York earn higher salaries than the typical U.S. wage earner.

How Many Speech-Language Pathologists Work in New York?

12,750 people worked as Speech-Language Pathologists in 2018 in this state.

There were 12,090 Speech-Language Pathologists employed in this state in 2017.

That’s growth of 660 jobs between 2017 and 2018.

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The typical state has 1,840 Speech-Language Pathologists working in it, which means New York has more Speech-Language Pathologists than average.

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Job Projections for New York

Jobs for Speech-Language Pathologists in this state are growing at a rate of 21.6% which is faster than the nationwide estimated projection of 17.8%.

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New York Annual Job Openings

The BLS is projecting 940 annual Speech-Language Pathologists job openings in New York, and 15,030 total jobs in the year 2026.

Nationwide, the prediction is 10,400 annual jobs and 171,000 total jobs in 2026.

What do Speech-Language Pathologists Make in New York?

In 2018 wages for Speech-Language Pathologists ranged from $53,450 to $141,740 with $82,170 being the median annual salary.

Broken down to an hourly rate, workers in this field made anywhere from $25.7 to $68.14. The median hourly rate was $39.5.

In 2017 the median pay for this field was $38.24 an hour.

The hourly rate grew by $1.26.

The median salary in New York is higher than the nationwide median salary.

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Top New York Metros for Speech-Language Pathologists

The table below shows some of the metros in this state with the most Speech-Language Pathologists.

Metro Number Employed Annual Median Salary
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA 13,560 $91,580
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY 930 $69,800
Rochester, NY 780 $66,580
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 570 $62,700
Syracuse, NY 420 $74,790
Utica-Rome, NY 200 $72,780
Binghamton, NY 130 $70,530
Kingston, NY 80 $80,470
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY 70 $61,820
Glens Falls, NY 50 $80,960
Elmira, NY 40 $92,270
Ithaca, NY 40 $57,630

Top States for Speech-Language Pathologists Employment

The table below shows the states where most Speech-Language Pathologists work.

State Number Employed Annual Median Salary
Texas 14,330 $71,940
California 13,220 $92,750
New York 12,750 $82,170
Florida 7,380 $76,820
Illinois 6,820 $74,930
New Jersey 6,340 $87,500
Ohio 5,470 $74,390
Pennsylvania 5,450 $74,660
North Carolina 4,430 $73,250
Massachusetts 4,060 $85,870
Michigan 3,950 $74,460
Colorado 3,540 $87,080
Missouri 3,400 $77,670
Georgia 3,300 $75,900
Washington 3,250 $73,250
Minnesota 3,190 $73,880
Virginia 3,160 $86,180
Tennessee 2,990 $79,790
Maryland 2,900 $86,610
Indiana 2,480 $74,240

Below are the states where Speech-Language Pathologists get paid the most:

State Annual Median Salary
District of Columbia $94,330
California $92,750
Connecticut $91,530
New Jersey $87,500
Colorado $87,080
Maryland $86,610
Virginia $86,180
Massachusetts $85,870
Alaska $85,200
Oregon $84,790

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