State comparison · 2025
Speech-Language Pathologists salary: Colorado vs Tennessee
Speech-Language Pathologists in Colorado earn a median of $110,750. In Tennessee, $84,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.6% — not 30.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+30.9%
Colorado vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+16.6%
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%
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.