State comparison · 2025
Speech-Language Pathologists salary: Colorado vs Iowa
Speech-Language Pathologists in Colorado earn a median of $110,750. In Iowa, $81,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.4% — not 36.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+36.6%
Colorado vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
+16.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Speech-Language Pathologists
- Median
- $110,750
- p25
- $94,590
- p75
- $136,890
- p10
- $73,900
- p90
- $164,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
Iowa
Speech-Language Pathologists
- Median
- $81,050
- p25
- $70,470
- p75
- $95,970
- p10
- $63,270
- p90
- $106,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.