Pay distribution $59,890 10th $59,940 25th $102,450 75th $108,770 90th
Half of Speech-Language Pathologists in the Lakeland metro area earn more than $86,550 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $59,940 and $102,450.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $59,890 $59,940 $86,550 $102,450 $108,770 Hourly $28.79 $28.82 $41.61 $49.25 $52.30
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares Lakeland metro areathis metro area
$86,550 median for Lakeland metro area; middle half earns $59,940 to $102,450
$99,990 median for Florida; middle half earns $83,120 to $105,460
$97,870 median for United States; middle half earns $77,730 to $114,570
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −13% vs Florida overall and −12% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $51,920 $79,200 $106,480 $133,760 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $51,920 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $60,000 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $60,790 Hammond, LA — $61,300 Lake Charles, LA — $64,720 Baton Rouge, LA — $65,020 Beckley, WV — $65,420 Midland, MI — $66,850 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $67,070 Decatur, AL — $67,350 Cleveland, TN — $67,840 Charleston, WV — $68,510 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $68,920 Mobile, AL — $69,450 Lafayette, LA — $69,610 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $69,860 Dothan, AL — $69,870 Montgomery, AL — $70,810 Valdosta, GA — $70,870 Morgantown, WV — $70,940 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $71,200 Rapid City, SD — $71,690 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $72,730 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $72,870 Paducah, KY-IL — $73,900 Hattiesburg, MS — $74,140 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $74,150 Missoula, MT — $74,160 Huntsville, AL — $74,680 Birmingham, AL — $75,750 Eau Claire, WI — $75,840 Pocatello, ID — $76,140 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $76,290 Fargo, ND-MN — $76,640 Cheyenne, WY — $76,760 Bismarck, ND — $76,770 Gainesville, GA — $76,980 Manhattan, KS — $77,050 Alexandria, LA — $77,080 Bangor, ME — $77,160 Kankakee, IL — $77,210 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $77,420 Burlington, NC — $77,450 Cedar Rapids, IA — $77,550 Mansfield, OH — $77,570 Tuscaloosa, AL — $78,000 Wausau, WI — $78,030 Knoxville, TN — $78,060 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $78,130 Jacksonville, NC — $78,300 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $78,320 Wichita, KS — $78,390 Kenosha, WI — $78,560 Jackson, MS — $78,670 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $78,770 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $78,830 Monroe, LA — $78,860 San Angelo, TX — $78,880 Sheboygan, WI — $78,880 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $78,920 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $78,940 Iowa City, IA — $78,960 Topeka, KS — $78,970 Hot Springs, AR — $79,060 Idaho Falls, ID — $79,080 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $79,160 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $79,240 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $79,250 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $79,300 Albany, GA — $79,360 Elizabethtown, KY — $79,380 Helena, MT — $79,410 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $79,460 Bay City, MI — $79,540 Lubbock, TX — $79,570 Harrisonburg, VA — $79,720 College Station-Bryan, TX — $79,940 Gadsden, AL — $80,070 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $80,110 Great Falls, MT — $80,110 Rochester, NY — $80,220 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $80,510 Green Bay, WI — $80,810 Lima, OH — $80,810 Muncie, IN — $80,860 Abilene, TX — $80,870 Joplin, MO-KS — $81,040 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $81,050 Midland, TX — $81,100 Glens Falls, NY — $81,120 Owensboro, KY — $81,270 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $81,300 Ithaca, NY — $81,450 Decatur, IL — $81,600 Fond du Lac, WI — $81,670 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $81,690 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $81,780 Pittsburgh, PA — $81,810 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $81,900 Fayetteville, NC — $81,910 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $81,930 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $81,940 Duluth, MN-WI — $82,000 Jackson, TN — $82,000 Sandusky, OH — $82,020 Springfield, OH — $82,030 Johnson City, TN — $82,050 Appleton, WI — $82,060 Peoria, IL — $82,060 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $82,110 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $82,160 Springfield, IL — $82,280 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $82,280 Wilmington, NC — $82,410 Warner Robins, GA — $82,500 Monroe, MI — $82,540 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $82,570 Ogden, UT — $82,640 Utica-Rome, NY — $82,640 Omaha, NE-IA — $82,650 Bowling Green, KY — $82,870 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $82,890 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $82,950 Rochester, MN — $83,140 Ames, IA — $83,170 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $83,170 Fort Wayne, IN — $83,200 Niles, MI — $83,370 Savannah, GA — $83,390 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $83,460 Billings, MT — $83,620 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $83,680 Jefferson City, MO — $83,740 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $83,780 Mankato, MN — $83,920 Tulsa, OK — $83,970 Johnstown, PA — $84,070 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $84,080 Erie, PA — $84,190 Bloomington, IL — $84,330 Boise City, ID — $84,380 Binghamton, NY — $84,460 Dubuque, IA — $85,030 Asheville, NC — $85,040 St. Cloud, MN — $85,040 Syracuse, NY — $85,120 Lawrence, KS — $85,130 Amarillo, TX — $85,160 Evansville, IN — $85,220 Flint, MI — $85,260 Rome, GA — $85,440 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $85,580 Williamsport, PA — $85,630 Morristown, TN — $85,750 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $85,770 Winston-Salem, NC — $85,890 Minot, ND — $85,920 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $85,920 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $86,120 Kansas City, MO-KS — $86,120 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $86,120 Longview, TX — $86,180 Grand Island, NE — $86,270 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $86,380 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $86,410 Altoona, PA — $86,470 St. Louis, MO-IL — $86,480 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $86,550 Terre Haute, IN — $86,780 Madison, WI — $86,890 Twin Falls, ID — $86,950 Portland-South Portland, ME — $87,120 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $87,150 Traverse City, MI — $87,160 Saginaw, MI — $87,360 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $87,400 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $87,470 Corpus Christi, TX — $87,570 Columbia, SC — $87,820 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $88,060 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $88,190 Oklahoma City, OK — $88,250 Vineland, NJ — $88,410 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $88,610 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $88,610 Toledo, OH — $89,010 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $89,160 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $89,640 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $89,650 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $89,860 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $90,180 Waco, TX — $90,220 Killeen-Temple, TX — $90,310 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $90,330 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $90,930 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $90,960 Kingston, NY — $90,980 Jonesboro, AR — $91,020 Farmington, NM — $91,120 Roanoke, VA — $91,560 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $91,860 Lincoln, NE — $91,860 Bloomington, IN — $91,950 Springfield, MO — $92,460 Jackson, MI — $92,630 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $92,700 Reading, PA — $92,930 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $93,320 Clarksville, TN-KY — $93,370 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $93,370 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $93,370 Lynchburg, VA — $93,410 Columbus, GA-AL — $93,540 Medford, OR — $93,580 Yuma, AZ — $93,700 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $93,740 Rocky Mount, NC — $93,850 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $93,880 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $93,880 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $93,890 Tallahassee, FL — $94,320 Ann Arbor, MI — $94,370 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $94,490 Pittsfield, MA — $94,640 Charlottesville, VA — $94,800 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $94,810 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $94,950 Canton-Massillon, OH — $95,030 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $95,170 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $95,430 Tucson, AZ — $95,450 Lebanon, PA — $95,680 Salisbury, MD — $95,700 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $95,930 Victoria, TX — $95,950 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $95,960 Reno, NV — $96,020 Winchester, VA-WV — $96,040 Richmond, VA — $96,080 Flagstaff, AZ — $96,190 Gainesville, FL — $96,230 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $96,260 Spartanburg, SC — $96,330 Laredo, TX — $96,340 York-Hanover, PA — $96,380 Florence, SC — $96,390 Columbus, OH — $96,460 State College, PA — $96,460 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $96,540 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $96,570 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $96,580 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $96,670 Rockford, IL — $96,740 Springfield, MA — $96,880 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $96,920 Logan, UT-ID — $97,340 St. George, UT — $97,390 Battle Creek, MI — $97,470 Columbia, MO — $97,610 Port St. Lucie, FL — $97,650 New Haven, CT — $97,820 Tyler, TX — $97,860 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $97,870 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $97,900 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $97,900 Urban Honolulu, HI — $97,900 Santa Fe, NM — $97,960 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $98,040 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $98,490 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $98,700 Longview-Kelso, WA — $98,710 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $98,790 Akron, OH — $98,800 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $98,810 Cleveland, OH — $98,900 Odessa, TX — $98,920 Dover, DE — $98,930 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $99,000 Greeley, CO — $99,150 Albuquerque, NM — $99,160 Homosassa Springs, FL — $99,170 Ocala, FL — $99,200 Redding, CA — $99,210 El Paso, TX — $99,430 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $99,530 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $99,540 Wichita Falls, TX — $99,590 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $99,720 Jacksonville, FL — $99,830 Chambersburg, PA — $99,840 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $99,940 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $99,960 Texarkana, TX-AR — $99,990 Punta Gorda, FL — $100,020 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $100,080 Worcester, MA — $100,130 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $100,150 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $100,170 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $100,400 Lawton, OK — $100,420 Bellingham, WA — $100,460 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $100,500 Lexington Park, MD — $100,880 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $100,940 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $101,160 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $101,310 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $101,310 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $101,400 Greenville, NC — $101,580 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $101,590 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $101,600 Wheeling, WV-OH — $101,750 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $102,260 Salem, OR — $102,360 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $102,760 Barnstable Town, MA — $102,800 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $102,810 Las Cruces, NM — $102,850 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $102,860 Anchorage, AK — $103,010 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $103,410 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $103,420 Yakima, WA — $103,450 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $103,560 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $103,740 Lancaster, PA — $103,930 Gettysburg, PA — $104,280 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $104,440 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $104,460 Albany, OR — $104,470 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $104,510 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $105,950 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $106,290 Visalia, CA — $106,760 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $106,960 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $107,650 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $107,860 Colorado Springs, CO — $108,140 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $108,690 Fairbanks-College, AK — $108,700 Casper, WY — $109,540 Bend, OR — $109,560 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $109,740 Yuba City, CA — $109,830 Grand Junction, CO — $110,360 Chico, CA — $110,720 Fresno, CA — $110,960 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $112,090 Merced, CA — $114,220 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $115,060 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $115,560 Sherman-Denison, TX — $115,940 Modesto, CA — $116,770 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $117,350 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $118,560 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $118,660 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $118,670 Pueblo, CO — $119,670 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $119,690 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $120,550 Salinas, CA — $122,770 Napa, CA — $123,870 Vallejo, CA — $124,440 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $126,360 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $126,850 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $127,470 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $130,850 Boulder, CO — $131,620 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $132,720 El Centro, CA — $133,760 Lakeland metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Lakeland metro area has the 203rd-highest published median for this occupation among the 370 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in Florida Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for speech-language pathologists, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Lakeland metro areathis page
$86,550 median for Lakeland metro area; middle half earns $59,940 to $102,450
$106,960 median for Naples metro area; middle half earns $95,800 to $121,640
$104,460 median for Sebastian metro area; middle half earns $83,810 to $108,110
$103,560 median for Panama City metro area; middle half earns $87,300 to $103,560
$102,260 median for Wildwood metro area; middle half earns $80,600 to $108,220
$101,590 median for Miami metro area; middle half earns $98,320 to $105,350
$101,310 median for North Port metro area; middle half earns $84,530 to $108,800
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .