Counted October 17, 2026 · from employers’ own postings
Speech Language Pathologist: $118K median posted pay.
From 71 salary bands employers posted on 227 open speech language pathologist roles in healthcare. Never an estimate.
The ladder, by level
What each rung pays.
| Level | Open roles | Median posted band | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | 8 | — (1 of 8 bands) | — |
| Senior | 1 | — (0 of 8 bands) | — |
| Staff | 1 | — (0 of 8 bands) | — |
Levels as the postings name them. A rung shows a median only where eight or more postings at that level carried a band.
Who is hiring
The employers with the most open.
| Employer | Open roles | Entry level |
|---|---|---|
| BAYADA Home Health Care | 45 | — |
| 21st Century Home Health Services Inc. | 29 | — |
| Link Rehab and Wellness | 20 | — |
| vitalcaringgroup | 19 | — |
| Quality, Compassionate Care For All | 9 | — |
| Ochsner Health (Ochsner) | 8 | — |
| KIPP | 6 | — |
| GTI | 6 | — |
| Easyservice | 6 | — |
| Sluhn (SLUHN) | 6 | — |
Counted from employers’ own job boards. The ten with the most open speech language pathologist roles tonight.
The skills, as the postings name them
What these postings ask for.
| Skill | Postings | At entry |
|---|---|---|
| Speech and Language Therapy | 125 | — |
| CPR and Basic Life Support | 79 | — |
| Electronic Health Records | 55 | — |
| Home Health Aide Work | 42 | — |
| Registered Nursing | 37 | — |
| Infection Control | 32 | — |
| Discharge Planning | 30 | — |
| Care Planning | 19 | — |
| Customer Service | 17 | — |
| Physical Rehabilitation | 17 | — |
Where the work is
0% of these roles are remote.
- Remote0%1 roles
- Hybrid0%0 roles
- On site85%193 roles
- Not stated15%33 roles
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How this was counted
Every figure is counted from 227 open postings read from employers’ own job boards on October 17, 2026, and recounted every night. Pay is the band the employer posted — never an estimate, never a model — and 71 of these postings carried one. Titles are grouped by the words the postings use, with levels, shifts and schedules removed, so “Senior Speech Language Pathologist (Nights)” counts here too. 100% of roles with this title sit in healthcare, which is why this page belongs to that career. A title gets a page only where twenty-five or more roles are open, eight or more of them posted a band, three or more employers are hiring for it and four in five of its postings sit in one career, so no page here is a guess.