State comparison · 2025
Speech-Language Pathologists salary: Alaska vs California
Speech-Language Pathologists in California earn a median of $118,970. In Alaska, $102,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.7% — not 13.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-13.7%
Alaska vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-6.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Speech-Language Pathologists
- Median
- $102,670
- p25
- $84,310
- p75
- $108,700
- p10
- $79,700
- p90
- $125,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
California
Speech-Language Pathologists
- Median
- $118,970
- p25
- $98,920
- p75
- $135,070
- p10
- $79,750
- p90
- $160,900
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -47%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.