State comparison · 2025
Speech-Language Pathologists salary: Colorado vs Mississippi
Speech-Language Pathologists in Colorado earn a median of $110,750. In Mississippi, $78,130. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.6% — not 41.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+41.8%
Colorado vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+19.6%
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%
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.