State comparison · 2025
Speech-Language Pathologists salary: Colorado vs Kansas
Speech-Language Pathologists in Colorado earn a median of $110,750. In Kansas, $80,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.8% — not 38.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+38.2%
Colorado vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+20.8%
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%
Kansas
Speech-Language Pathologists
- Median
- $80,120
- p25
- $65,010
- p75
- $99,650
- p10
- $59,390
- p90
- $108,390
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.