State comparison · 2025
Speech-Language Pathologists salary: California vs Mississippi
Speech-Language Pathologists in California earn a median of $118,970. In Mississippi, $78,130. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.7% — not 52.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+52.3%
California vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+19.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Mississippi
Speech-Language Pathologists
- Median
- $78,130
- p25
- $62,080
- p75
- $97,860
- p10
- $50,280
- p90
- $106,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.