Speech-Language Pathologist pay in California
Median hourly pay in California · BLS May 2025
$57.20
an hour · $118,970 a year
- 10th
- $38.34
- 25th
- $47.56
- Median
- $57.20
- 75th
- $64.94
- 90th
- $77.36
Hourly pay range: 10th percentile $38.34/hr, median $57.20/hr, 90th percentile $77.36/hr.
Employed in CA
16,930
BLS estimate
Vs. U.S. median
+$10.15
U.S. median $47.05/hr
Licensing for speech-language pathologists in California
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensers Board. Board, lookup and requirements
Speech-Language Pathologist pay by California metro area
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim4,800 jobs$52.76/hr
- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario2,120 jobs$57.00/hr
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont1,760 jobs$62.91/hr
- San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad1,590 jobs$57.55/hr
- Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom1,030 jobs$60.75/hr
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara890 jobs$63.81/hr
- Fresno820 jobs$53.35/hr
- Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura530 jobs$55.32/hr
- Bakersfield-Delano310 jobs$56.42/hr
- Stockton-Lodi310 jobs$57.05/hr
- Modesto220 jobs$56.14/hr
- Visalia220 jobs$51.33/hr
- Salinas200 jobs$59.02/hr
- Santa Maria-Santa Barbara200 jobs$60.99/hr
- Santa Rosa-Petaluma160 jobs$61.28/hr
- Chico130 jobs$53.23/hr
- Vallejo130 jobs$59.83/hr
- Redding110 jobs$47.70/hr
- Santa Cruz-Watsonville110 jobs$57.05/hr
- Merced100 jobs$54.91/hr
- San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles100 jobs$55.56/hr
- Yuba City80 jobs$52.81/hr
- El Centro70 jobs$64.31/hr
- Hanford-Corcoran50 jobs$57.96/hr
- Napa50 jobs$59.56/hr
Metropolitan statistical areas as defined by BLS, sorted by number of jobs.
Sources
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025: California, Speech-Language Pathologist (SOC 29-1127), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Checked against these sources on Oct 1, 2026.
Medians cover wage and salary workers (not the self-employed) and don't include benefits. Use them as a baseline, not a quote.