SOC 29-1127 · Area 31180 · May 2025
Speech-Language Pathologists
Lubbock, TX
Published pay and employment
| Measure | Annual pay | Hourly pay |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $62,440 | $30.02 |
| 25th percentile | $66,620 | $32.03 |
| Median | $79,570 | $38.26 |
| 75th percentile | $102,490 | $49.27 |
| 90th percentile | $129,480 | $62.25 |
| Average | $89,750 | $43.15 |
A plus sign marks a lower bound. “Not released” means BLS withheld the estimate; “Not available” means no estimate was provided. Hourly figures come from BLS, without dividing annual pay by assumed work hours.
Estimated employment: 260. This covers jobs in the published area, not residents of one county.
What these figures tell you
The middle half of annual wages runs from $66,620 to $102,490 in 2025, a span of $35,870.
The area median is $20,340 (20.4%) below Texas's $99,910 median for this occupation in 2025.
Compare with 30 other published areas
- This area's median is $690 (0.9%) above the $78,880 median in San Angelo, TX.
- This area's median is $370 (0.5%) below the $79,940 median in College Station-Bryan, TX.
- This area's median is $1,300 (1.6%) below the $80,870 median in Abilene, TX.
- This area's median is $1,530 (1.9%) below the $81,100 median in Midland, TX.
- This area's median is $2,200 (2.7%) below the $81,770 median in Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $5,210 (6.1%) below the $84,780 median in Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $5,590 (6.6%) below the $85,160 median in Amarillo, TX.
- This area's median is $6,610 (7.7%) below the $86,180 median in Longview, TX.
- This area's median is $7,110 (8.2%) below the $86,680 median in Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $8,000 (9.1%) below the $87,570 median in Corpus Christi, TX.
- This area's median is $10,290 (11.5%) below the $89,860 median in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX.
- This area's median is $10,650 (11.8%) below the $90,220 median in Waco, TX.
- This area's median is $10,740 (11.9%) below the $90,310 median in Killeen-Temple, TX.
- This area's median is $11,970 (13.1%) below the $91,540 median in North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $12,290 (13.4%) below the $91,860 median in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX.
- This area's median is $12,490 (13.6%) below the $92,060 median in Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $13,130 (14.2%) below the $92,700 median in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
- This area's median is $16,380 (17.1%) below the $95,950 median in Victoria, TX.
- This area's median is $16,770 (17.4%) below the $96,340 median in Laredo, TX.
- This area's median is $18,280 (18.7%) below the $97,850 median in Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $18,290 (18.7%) below the $97,860 median in Tyler, TX.
- This area's median is $19,350 (19.6%) below the $98,920 median in Odessa, TX.
- This area's median is $19,860 (20.0%) below the $99,430 median in El Paso, TX.
- This area's median is $19,970 (20.1%) below the $99,540 median in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX.
- This area's median is $20,020 (20.1%) below the $99,590 median in Wichita Falls, TX.
- This area's median is $20,420 (20.4%) below the $99,990 median in Texarkana, TX-AR.
- This area's median is $20,830 (20.7%) below the $100,400 median in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX.
- This area's median is $21,370 (21.2%) below the $100,940 median in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX.
- This area's median is $26,720 (25.1%) below the $106,290 median in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.
- This area's median is $36,370 (31.4%) below the $115,940 median in Sherman-Denison, TX.
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