Speech-Language Pathologists · SOC 29-1127

Speech-Language Pathologists Salary in the South Bend Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI metro area

Figures describe the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not South Bend city limits.

Median annual wage$83,170
Median hourly wage$39.99

Speech-Language Pathologists in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI metro area earned a median of $83,170 per year ($39.99 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $61,960 at the 10th percentile to $114,720 at the 90th. BLS estimates 150 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Speech-Language Pathologists in the South Bend metro area earn more than $83,170 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $64,930 and $104,510.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$61,960$64,930$83,170$104,510$114,720
Hourly$29.79$31.22$39.99$50.25$55.15

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.

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How this area compares

  • South Bend metro areathis metro area
    $83,170 median for South Bend metro area; middle half earns $64,930 to $104,510
  • Indianastate (IN)
    $87,360 median for Indiana; middle half earns $75,380 to $106,080
  • $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 −5% vs Indiana overall and −15% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

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Where this metro sits nationally

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

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 South Bend metro area has the 245th-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 Indiana

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for speech-language pathologists, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • South Bend metro areathis page
    $83,170 median for South Bend metro area; middle half earns $64,930 to $104,510
  • $96,570 median for Lafayette metro area; middle half earns $82,800 to $107,230
  • $93,320 median for Indianapolis metro area; middle half earns $78,300 to $106,080
  • $91,950 median for Bloomington metro area; middle half earns $83,040 to $99,130
  • $86,780 median for Terre Haute metro area; middle half earns $73,620 to $103,920
  • $85,220 median for Evansville metro area; middle half earns $78,780 to $100,580
  • $83,200 median for Fort Wayne metro area; middle half earns $68,940 to $103,380

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

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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.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.