State comparison · 2025
Speech-Language Pathologists salary: California vs Tennessee
Speech-Language Pathologists in California earn a median of $118,970. In Tennessee, $84,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.7% — not 40.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+40.6%
California vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+16.7%
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%
Tennessee
Speech-Language Pathologists
- Median
- $84,630
- p25
- $64,730
- p75
- $101,760
- p10
- $58,550
- p90
- $116,790
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.