State comparison · 2025
Speech-Language Pathologists salary: Colorado vs Missouri
Speech-Language Pathologists in Colorado earn a median of $110,750. In Missouri, $89,280. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.2% — not 24%.
Nominal pay gap
+24%
Colorado vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+9.2%
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%
Missouri
Speech-Language Pathologists
- Median
- $89,280
- p25
- $71,520
- p75
- $103,240
- p10
- $58,180
- p90
- $119,240
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.