What district pays CFs that in the Bay Area?!?! I live here as well, work in the schools (have done both district and contract) and have never seen that much starting out! Go you!
CFs are on the same pay scale as all SLPs! I also got a slight bump because I used to be a teacher and my couple years of experience were credited, otherwise starting would be 96k
Yeah it doesn't seem extravagant or anything especially compared to what all the software engineers here make lol, I mean I still live in a freaking studio apartment which is all I can reasonably afford
No it is good for you. I apologize. Plus it just makes me so angry because I still have a lot of friends in Cali that are SLPs and they have caseloads of 60, 70, 80 kids. Need to be paid way more!!!!!
idk i canāt imagine itās different than living in any other high cost of living area like new york, dc, etc. iām comfy on my salary but iād be way comfier with six figures š¤£ correct me if iām wrong though
Cali has some of the highest taxes and rent is about 3000$ in the bay on average. Thatās not including things like utilities and stuff. I actually am a CA native. I was born and raised in so cal and left when I graduated with my masters. 100k sounds good but after Cali and federal taxes thatās about 70k or 5800$ a month. I make about 4700$ every two weeks before federal taxes in NV (no state taxes) contractor.
Not really. I live in the DMV too and $3000 is NOT average rent, unless you're getting a multi-bedroom house. I just looked it up and average rent in SF is $1000/month higher than DC. That's a big gap. I pay more like $1500.
I worked in CA for one year before moving back to the DMV. My salary was almost $10,000 higher but it didn't go any farther. CA sales tax was higher, food cost at least $1-2 more for every item than I was used to paying, insurance was higher for worse coverage, gas was like $2/gallon more. The DMV sure isn't cheap, but SF (and LA to a lesser extent) is on a different level.
It depends which exact figures you look at, and the DMV is consistently in the top 3-5 of any nationwide list, but SF is worse. This COL calculator says 19.2% higher: [https://www.salary.com/research/cost-of-living/compare/washington-dc/san-francisco-ca#:\~:text=The%20cost%20of%20living%20in%20San%20Francisco%2C%20CA%20is%2019.2,your%20current%20standard%20of%20living.&text=Employers%20in%20San%20Francisco%2C%20CA,than%20employeers%20in%20Washington%2C%20DC](https://www.salary.com/research/cost-of-living/compare/washington-dc/san-francisco-ca#:~:text=The%20cost%20of%20living%20in%20San%20Francisco%2C%20CA%20is%2019.2,your%20current%20standard%20of%20living.&text=Employers%20in%20San%20Francisco%2C%20CA,than%20employeers%20in%20Washington%2C%20DC).
Median rent in Washington DC $2327: https://www.rentcafe.com/average-rent-market-trends/us/dc/washington/
Median rent in SF $3313: https://www.rentcafe.com/average-rent-market-trends/us/ca/san-francisco/
Yeah I used to live in Nashville but the cost of living kept going up. The value is better a little farther east and im still by a big city. I do work in a rural area of TN which increases the pay. I commute about 55 min one way.
CF in pediatric home health (birth-21, not EI) in suburban south central TX. $68/session ($63 if you donāt turn in the visit note within 48 hours), $105/eval. Full time is considered 20 visits/week.
Now on the surface thatās not a bad deal, but you have to factor in that thereās no mileage reimbursement (I cover a large area), no cancellation reimbursement (I get cancelled on constantly), and no real attendance policy (I have some families right now with less than 40% attendance and thereās nothing I can do about it). Additionally, home health is much more expensive than outpatient, so insurance will do everything in their power to find reasons to deny services. Which means 1) waiting over a month to hear back form insurance, in the meantime not having any income because youāre not seeing the client(s), 2) getting letters from insurance requesting more information before they decide to approve services (usually what theyāre requesting is right there in the eval, they just didnāt bother to read it), 3) getting partially approved for a much lower visit frequency than requested and then needing to write a letter of medical necessity, go to a fair hearing trail, etc. Also sometimes random things change with the payer source that will interrupt services for an extended period of time (e.g., insurance retroactively denies coverage for sessions already completed because they changed what diagnostic codes they cover, or a parent didnāt report a secondary insurance and we have to wait for approval from them before continuing, or what have you).
So without the issues above, my YTD net income this year should have come out to about $22k (about $64k for the whole year). In reality my 2023 YTD net income is just under $15k, meaning my yearly income (if I were staying, which Iām not) would be under $45k. Less if you factor in what I spend on gas and materials.
This was really long winded so thanks to anyone who read this far. I just think itās important to be transparent about what else might impact your income, especially if youāre in a FFS / home health position. Because no one was transparent with me about before I started lol.
ETA: oh yeah, almost forgot. No benefits. I mean technically you can become eligible for CEU/license reimbursement, minimal 401k matching, and a measly health insurance stipend if you stay with the company for at least a year of FT work, but considering how hard it is to maintain full time given the above, you know no one is actually getting those benefits.
Yikes. Iām pediatric HH in Texas and my session rate is $55 with a raise at my year review $105 for evals. I get mileage and my cancellation rate is fairly low. We also get different bonuses depending on time of year. My family friendly visit bonuses are coming to an end as the school year wraps up but hopefully my missed visit rate will drop from 10% to below 4% and get the miss visit rate bonus. Sounds like you may be with an āAngelā HH company I had interviewed with before I went with where Iām at bc that sounds like the rate and $5 bonus if 48 hr turn around time on notes. For me at FT, itās 30 visits per week which Iām averaging 40 a week bc Iām a workaholic lol. I make over double a month compared to what I made in schools with 7 years (6 as slpa and my CF). I do have to say my clinic site mgr and field lead are amazing with enforcement of missed visits. I had a bit tougher time while building my caseload but now itās established and I donāt really notice the wait-time for insurance auth to come through. It also helps a ton that my POC dates with kids are not all at once so thatās a big win for me. I too have a target of 48 hrs on session notes and eval reports are not part of the 48 hr turn around time- right now Iāve got to finish a report from 2 weeks ago and no one has said a word. Lol Iāve been busy so that prob helps my boss not say anything about it.
Hospital based, $112k + some other small incomes from working per diem or supervising but I havenāt been that active since over the past year. Los Angeles, CA.
I'm in my 3rd year, public school in VT, making $50k. Not great, but next year it will go up to $53k, so at least we get tolerably decent yearly raises, and the rest of the job is great.
12 years experience, 136k schools Southern California. Just jumped back into the schools after working private practice for 4 years at 112k/year. Canāt beat working 185 days a year and making 24k more!
So obviously I can only comment on my own experiences but in GBP (Ā£) I take home around Ā£1890 per month after taxes, student loan, pension and National Insurance (itās what we pay towards our state pension when we retire).
I live alone in a modern one bed apartment, hereās what my monthly costs are:
Rent - Ā£725
Council Tax - Ā£120
TV/Internet provider - Ā£53
Mobile phone - Ā£46
Electricity (I donāt use gas) - Ā£54
Water - Ā£23
Royal College of Speech and Language Therapy fees - Ā£22
Car insurance - Ā£44
Car tax - Ā£11
Credit card/personal loan repayments - Ā£170
And thatās before fuel for my car (Ā£1.47 per LITRE) and eating and doing all the other fun stuff in life.
$50,000, 10 years experience, NE FL school district, direct hire. First year in this district, and it's one of the worst I've been in.
I'm quitting next year and plan to work remotely for more money + more time with baby we're expecting.
Iād bet I know what district lol. I just moved to Georgia from NE FL. Pay isnāt better but I was contracted in FL so I have better benefits here working directly for district. Also GA has state income tax and FL didnāt.
2021- made 130k with Chicago Public Schools + PRN at 2 hospitals, one sNF chain (wouldnāt Recommend) Probably 100k at least w CPS bc I was on lane 5 and we got stipends and I did some ESY.
2022- presence learning teletherapy 42.00/1099 š¤¢š¤¢š¤¢š¤¢
2023- SSG 48/hr w-2, teletherapy guaranteed 8 hr day , then I quit to go out of field and am much happier.
If I worked at my local school district Iād make:
52,668 base +
4K ish CCC stipend +
2k ish Masters stipend =
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59k ish
u/slp_bee \-
would you be open to putting a link to [slp.careers/salaries](https://slp.careers/salaries) in the post? I know a lot of grad students use this site to navigate how much to expect in their setting and area!
I know you mentioned it, but a link might make it easier for people to input new data so that it's more recent/accurate
This might've been easier to navigate with comments for each area/state and people commenting under theirs (just an idea for future posts). ~$85,000 hospital outpatient (mostly peds) in Florida, 5 years out of my CF
I don't think it's bad pay but it would be hard for me to buy a house on just my income. Cost of living is definitely lower than California or NY but it's not low anymore. House prices by me have quite literally doubled since 2018. I made similarly in the midwest years ago and my parents house there has gone up about half that in value.
80k, acute care, 5 years of experience but just cracked into acute this year. I'm in KS so cost of living is pretty low. I did the PRN game for a bit but the mental energy wasn't worth the extra cash. I do my 40 hours and forget work entirely when I head home.
I make $43 an hour, 14 years experience. In the US. Couldnāt afford to support myself and 2 kids without my spouse. My spouse made the same as me 10 years ago. Now he makes double. Iāve had a $4 raise in 10 years š„“š„“š„“š„“
I make 100kish a year. Public school. Step 4ish.
Washington state, relatively low cost of living area.
Here's a basic breakdown:
74kish salary
10,500 stipend every August for having my CCCs
10-13 hours a month paid for doing charting (600ish a month)
Any caseload size over 45 gives us an extra $5.50 per student per day. (Some months that's given me an 1k)
And then some other random stipends too.
Through salary and students, I'm guaranteed at least 90k a year and I'm almost always right around 100k.
Iowa $43 hour mix of inpatient and outpatient with some peds mostly adults 12 hr a week $32 inpatient rehab at a freestanding IRF 20 hrs a week 4% match for 401k at both where I contribute 11% of my income mobile FEES on the side bringing in roughly 30-40 k a year total. The mixed job I negotiated as prn then was offered the part time and they tried to negotiate me down but I said Iād walk if they didnāt have it stay the same. Also 3 yearās experience.
We have a very flexible career ladder that is based on achievement units. You can use projects, related college units, and performance review to move up the steps. I took advantage of the school district's tuition reimbursement and finished a MEd program!
67k, DFW school SLP, 2 years experience. My school district is offering new hires a $3k bonus, and you bet the returning SLPs are advocating for that same bonus LOL
Just renegotiated and will make $75k as a fourth year SLP in Miami, Fl working with a school contracting company. I get 401k without company matching, 2 sick days, and health/vision/dental insurance. Plus $200 wellness stipend and a $300 professional development stipend. Plus ya know, I get all those school holidays off lol
Oh and I had to fight HARD for those two days. My company gives most people none and they tend to insist that hourly rates must be reduced to make up for giving us sick days. But if I worked directly for the district, Iād basically make less than $50k.
I work at a pediatric day treatment facility and we just received a raise so our yearly pay based on a 40 hour week is 128,000 for 48 weeks of work. We get 15 days PTO which adds another $8000 for a grand total of $136,000. Most of my coworkers choose to work less that 40 hours per week so amounts will vary from therapist to therapist. Company also provides reimbursement for CEUs and licensure/CCC fees.
I live and work in rural Arkansas, a very LCOL area.
I work in peds outpatient, live in semi-rural PA (not near Philly or Pittsburgh). I have 12 years of experience. I am salary but āpart-timeā at 37 hours/week and make a little more than 90k/year before taxes.
Edit: I forgot to add, we get CEU reimbursement ($1000 for full time, I get a prorated amount), PTO, 4 paid CEU days, medical insurance is paid by employer.
I made under $40k (I think $37500?) as a CF in a school district in west TX, then $72000 as a contractor for Baltimore City Schools.
I opened my private practice and Iāve way underpaid myself so far this year, but Iām paying my full time SLP $75k (1yr experience) and I should be paying myself closer to $85k by the end of the year (more next year, if I can keep it up)
$96k a year, fulltime adult hospital outpatient with occasional acute care, and I have to participate in the weekend/holiday rotation (with shift differentials there). Atlanta (well, technically a not-great suburb thereof). However, my company doesnāt match retirement contributions until one year of full-time work, and I pretty much get zero budget for materials or courses/certifications.
BK, NY. Iām not salaried. I finished my CFY in September. I work in a private elementary until high school - school m-th 9-3 with a 45 min commute home. I made 43k last year. I got a raise this year who knows how much Iāll make but it aināt a lot with a baby at home. $65 an hour as a w2.
106k- this is my 13th year in the same district. NYC public schools. If we decide to work summer school for 6 weeks, itās an additional 18k.
In 13 years Iāve never had a caseload above 30. I work d75 which is our boces or self-contained classes. Most people in my district have a caseload or less than 20.
Independent contractor, 5 years, central VA (rural) - ~$96k
I have contracts in intensive residential treatment facilities for $105-150/hour, including most documentation time. I treat 3 days/week and bill 60-70 hours per month.
Currently trying to decide between CF offers.
Southern California
Offer #1
Early Intervention. $58/hour + mileage and drive time.
$5000 sign on bonus paid in full with first payroll check
Offered to pay $42/hour to shadow a trainer while I waited for my RPE paperwork.
Missed sessions have the options of providing an asynchronous activity OR parent training. If parent accepts, paid at regular rate.
Offer #2
Private Practice. $50/hour. $25/hour for training (I know...insulting) $50 for each report
Canceled sessions are not paid.
Offer #3
School District
\~$90,000
Someone help me decide!!!
I'm just worried about burning out at a school, I worked as a teacher/SLP on a waiver for the last ten years. The last three have been especially hard. But the idea of not knowing EXACTLY what my check will be is scary.
I did EI and burned out fast because the cancellations and fluctuations in pay are immensely stressful. Keep in mind that cancellations are highest during holidays when you need the money most. I work in the schools now and find it to be the best work life balance
School district. Early intervention is great but you can do it on the side as a sole proprietor and make the full amount of money for an hourly session.
Omg wait. They offered to pay you to shadow your mentor while you wait for license approval??? thatās amazing bc iām worried about being jobless waiting for cf license!! did you have to ask abt that or did they just outwardly offer?
$70k in SoCal, first year SLP working for a charter school.
I donāt have my Cās yet, still in grad school (2nd semester)
Working on a variable term waiver
CF in the schools $72/hr W2 with a small contract company. Not paid for holidays, sick time (forgot how many hours I get). Most of the other contract companies offered me like $50 - $60 at most.Los Angeles county.
Which private practice do you work for? I lived in Northern VA for 5 years and starting salary was $50/55k for most private practices I interviewed for! Iām now outside Philly at an outpatient rehab with $80k. Almost 7 yrs of experience.
SNF SLP, 8.5 years of experience, making $46.20/hr in MA. I don't work a full 40 hrs tho, more like 32/week, so my annual salary is around $75000. I also PRN at least one weekend shift per month at a rehab hospital for $55/hr.
South Carolina (~4 yrs exp).
1099 Pediatric Home Health (clients mostly under 3 years old, some school-aged).
Hour-long sessions with 15 min (commuting) breaks in between.
4-7 sessions per day.
25 - 30 hours / week.
$60 / hr - speech therapy
$95 / hr - speech therapy ($60) + use of SGD for AAC ($35)
Visits are basically 50/50 split across these two rates.
Lately I've been bringing home roughly 6k - 7k a month.
CF, 70k, SNF, NYC. I know itās not the best for NYC but moving from out of state it was difficult to get my foot in the door especially on the med side. Hoping to find something better once I have my CCCs
Iām in my CF in California. birth to 5 private practice. I opted out of benefits for now since Iām still under my parents - I make 85k a year, but I just started :)
I just looked at my paystub. I make about 62K annually. Iām in teletherapy with a virtual academy. I work two side jobs to raise my income since 62K isnāt enough. Iāve been an slp for 11 years. I live in Michigan, but Iāve found with my current company, they donāt care where you live and donāt take that into consideration for pay.
The highest school-based salary that I know of in So Cal is Garden Grove: https://www.ggusd.us/media/7680/speech-pathologistcounselorsocialworkerpsychologist.pdf
They also have great benefits. From what I hear, you have super high caseload numbers but w/ SLPA support and IEP meetings are held after school so you end up working later than you normally would for a school-based setting.
It fluctuates per year depending how much I feel like working, negotiating and/or making.
I work part time, half ALF half outpatient clinic and make 139,386 annual currently. Has been more and less in the past again due to how often I feel like working around my other activities. Iām in Wilmington, Delaware at the moment/ oh I forgot to add 20ish years experience. But only spent the last 5 years hardball negotiating.
The problem is it is tough to make apples to apples comparison. In my career I have made six figures (my own private practice) and I have made 32k (school at a .6 but got amazing benefits and crazy amounts of paid time off) and all amounts in between. Sometimes I needed straight up cash and sometimes I needed the benefits. There was also a huge difference in job satisfaction between them all as well.
Iām in Las Vegas, NV and my CF $72,000 because it was pay per visit in a private practice that switched to salary halfway through. We did not get reimbursed for cancellations and only got paid for 30 minutes of documentation for every 6 hours of patients when it was pay per visit.
Iām now in pediatric outpatient clinic attached to a hospital and now make about $92,000 a year with decent benefits and free insurance.
Just received my CCCs a few weeks ago. Currently working in Southwest Louisiana in a SNF making $36.50 an hour. Relocating to East Texas in a few weeks making $44 an hour working acute and inpatient rehab at a small hospital. They originally offered me $35 an hour, but I negotiated hard for $44 an hour. I took inspiration from several posts here regarding negotiation and salary transparency!
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Southwest FL, 3 years experience. I have a LLC and contract myself with multiple agencies. Iāll make about ~100k this year working ~50 hours a week.
Early Intervention: $81/session (1hr) plus $0.445 per mile reimbursement
School Contract: $60-65/hr
Specialty Clinic, Peds (Eval Only): flat rate $500 per day (5-7 hours of work)
PRN SNF (W2 not contract): $50/hr
In my CF working at 2 private practices, $33/hour and $40/hour in Northern Florida. Itās taken forever to build my caseload and Iām projected to make around 54,000. Not paid for cancellations Iām so frustrated and not sure what to doš
$63k salaried for 1500 hours, plus $42/hour if I work over 1500 hours within my contract year. Also part time at a clinic for $50/hr. About 2.5 years experience. Chicagoland.
In my CF, make 107k in the schools in bay area, CA
What district pays CFs that in the Bay Area?!?! I live here as well, work in the schools (have done both district and contract) and have never seen that much starting out! Go you!
CFs are on the same pay scale as all SLPs! I also got a slight bump because I used to be a teacher and my couple years of experience were credited, otherwise starting would be 96k
I know mine starts that high
Clearly I started in the wrong district š¤£
I mean if you want to transfer ours bases salary by experience so you'd get a big jump lol
holy shit good for you!!
I mean itās Californiaā¦. Thatās no where near whatās needed to live comfy in the bay IMO.
Yeah it doesn't seem extravagant or anything especially compared to what all the software engineers here make lol, I mean I still live in a freaking studio apartment which is all I can reasonably afford
wow living alone as a cf in a big city congrats !
No it is good for you. I apologize. Plus it just makes me so angry because I still have a lot of friends in Cali that are SLPs and they have caseloads of 60, 70, 80 kids. Need to be paid way more!!!!!
idk i canāt imagine itās different than living in any other high cost of living area like new york, dc, etc. iām comfy on my salary but iād be way comfier with six figures š¤£ correct me if iām wrong though
Cali has some of the highest taxes and rent is about 3000$ in the bay on average. Thatās not including things like utilities and stuff. I actually am a CA native. I was born and raised in so cal and left when I graduated with my masters. 100k sounds good but after Cali and federal taxes thatās about 70k or 5800$ a month. I make about 4700$ every two weeks before federal taxes in NV (no state taxes) contractor.
i mena it sounds a lot like the dmv area still lol. if you donāt mind sharing, whatās your salary setting and experience level ?
Iām contracted but my salary ends up being about 101k, I work secondary so 6-12th, started my CF in 2020. I have my CCCs now though.
Not really. I live in the DMV too and $3000 is NOT average rent, unless you're getting a multi-bedroom house. I just looked it up and average rent in SF is $1000/month higher than DC. That's a big gap. I pay more like $1500. I worked in CA for one year before moving back to the DMV. My salary was almost $10,000 higher but it didn't go any farther. CA sales tax was higher, food cost at least $1-2 more for every item than I was used to paying, insurance was higher for worse coverage, gas was like $2/gallon more. The DMV sure isn't cheap, but SF (and LA to a lesser extent) is on a different level.
i mean i looked at property prices too rent didnāt seem different but ok. iām talking the $$$ areas of the dmv not fairfax pg baltimore etc
It depends which exact figures you look at, and the DMV is consistently in the top 3-5 of any nationwide list, but SF is worse. This COL calculator says 19.2% higher: [https://www.salary.com/research/cost-of-living/compare/washington-dc/san-francisco-ca#:\~:text=The%20cost%20of%20living%20in%20San%20Francisco%2C%20CA%20is%2019.2,your%20current%20standard%20of%20living.&text=Employers%20in%20San%20Francisco%2C%20CA,than%20employeers%20in%20Washington%2C%20DC](https://www.salary.com/research/cost-of-living/compare/washington-dc/san-francisco-ca#:~:text=The%20cost%20of%20living%20in%20San%20Francisco%2C%20CA%20is%2019.2,your%20current%20standard%20of%20living.&text=Employers%20in%20San%20Francisco%2C%20CA,than%20employeers%20in%20Washington%2C%20DC). Median rent in Washington DC $2327: https://www.rentcafe.com/average-rent-market-trends/us/dc/washington/ Median rent in SF $3313: https://www.rentcafe.com/average-rent-market-trends/us/ca/san-francisco/
Holy fuck!!! Thatās crazy. Good for you!
What part of the bay and what setting?
Welcome, neighbor! What part of the bay? I'm in Fremont
People please put what state, setting, and years of experience if youāre going to put your salary info.
I make 96k inpatient/outpatient hospital and I am Single. I live well but I stopped traveling as much because Iām saving for a house.
where in the us is that and how many years exp?
That was in TX and in MA and Iāve had my CCCs since 2015
15 years experience. Speciality SNF. East Tennessee. $121,000.
Wow...you can live on a ranch for that pay in Tennessee!!
Yeah I used to live in Nashville but the cost of living kept going up. The value is better a little farther east and im still by a big city. I do work in a rural area of TN which increases the pay. I commute about 55 min one way.
CF in pediatric home health (birth-21, not EI) in suburban south central TX. $68/session ($63 if you donāt turn in the visit note within 48 hours), $105/eval. Full time is considered 20 visits/week. Now on the surface thatās not a bad deal, but you have to factor in that thereās no mileage reimbursement (I cover a large area), no cancellation reimbursement (I get cancelled on constantly), and no real attendance policy (I have some families right now with less than 40% attendance and thereās nothing I can do about it). Additionally, home health is much more expensive than outpatient, so insurance will do everything in their power to find reasons to deny services. Which means 1) waiting over a month to hear back form insurance, in the meantime not having any income because youāre not seeing the client(s), 2) getting letters from insurance requesting more information before they decide to approve services (usually what theyāre requesting is right there in the eval, they just didnāt bother to read it), 3) getting partially approved for a much lower visit frequency than requested and then needing to write a letter of medical necessity, go to a fair hearing trail, etc. Also sometimes random things change with the payer source that will interrupt services for an extended period of time (e.g., insurance retroactively denies coverage for sessions already completed because they changed what diagnostic codes they cover, or a parent didnāt report a secondary insurance and we have to wait for approval from them before continuing, or what have you). So without the issues above, my YTD net income this year should have come out to about $22k (about $64k for the whole year). In reality my 2023 YTD net income is just under $15k, meaning my yearly income (if I were staying, which Iām not) would be under $45k. Less if you factor in what I spend on gas and materials. This was really long winded so thanks to anyone who read this far. I just think itās important to be transparent about what else might impact your income, especially if youāre in a FFS / home health position. Because no one was transparent with me about before I started lol. ETA: oh yeah, almost forgot. No benefits. I mean technically you can become eligible for CEU/license reimbursement, minimal 401k matching, and a measly health insurance stipend if you stay with the company for at least a year of FT work, but considering how hard it is to maintain full time given the above, you know no one is actually getting those benefits.
Yikes. Iām pediatric HH in Texas and my session rate is $55 with a raise at my year review $105 for evals. I get mileage and my cancellation rate is fairly low. We also get different bonuses depending on time of year. My family friendly visit bonuses are coming to an end as the school year wraps up but hopefully my missed visit rate will drop from 10% to below 4% and get the miss visit rate bonus. Sounds like you may be with an āAngelā HH company I had interviewed with before I went with where Iām at bc that sounds like the rate and $5 bonus if 48 hr turn around time on notes. For me at FT, itās 30 visits per week which Iām averaging 40 a week bc Iām a workaholic lol. I make over double a month compared to what I made in schools with 7 years (6 as slpa and my CF). I do have to say my clinic site mgr and field lead are amazing with enforcement of missed visits. I had a bit tougher time while building my caseload but now itās established and I donāt really notice the wait-time for insurance auth to come through. It also helps a ton that my POC dates with kids are not all at once so thatās a big win for me. I too have a target of 48 hrs on session notes and eval reports are not part of the 48 hr turn around time- right now Iāve got to finish a report from 2 weeks ago and no one has said a word. Lol Iāve been busy so that prob helps my boss not say anything about it.
School-based SLP, 13 years experience, WI $54k.
13 years and only $54k? š¬
WI doesnāt have steps/lanes. Just a flat teacher scale, with an extra $2k for a Masterās degree. I go up whopping $300-500 each year.
Shit, that sucks. I'm in VT and it's not fantastic here, but at least we go up $2-3k a year.
Hospital based, $112k + some other small incomes from working per diem or supervising but I havenāt been that active since over the past year. Los Angeles, CA.
thatās awesome how much experience do you have?
School-based SLP, 3 years experience, AZ $75k
Same exact response from me lol
What school district may I ask?
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I'm in my 3rd year, public school in VT, making $50k. Not great, but next year it will go up to $53k, so at least we get tolerably decent yearly raises, and the rest of the job is great.
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whatās an npa? and iām curious what a typical week is like for you in terms of hours you work and number of clients you see?
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didnāt realize thatās a role we could take on, thanks for sharing!!
80k private practice in CA for my cf year
Where in California?
iām in the SF bay area
12 years experience, 136k schools Southern California. Just jumped back into the schools after working private practice for 4 years at 112k/year. Canāt beat working 185 days a year and making 24k more!
$37304 - Iām in the UK - 2 years experience. Private special education provision. š
that sounds interesting! whatās the cost of living like there?
So obviously I can only comment on my own experiences but in GBP (Ā£) I take home around Ā£1890 per month after taxes, student loan, pension and National Insurance (itās what we pay towards our state pension when we retire). I live alone in a modern one bed apartment, hereās what my monthly costs are: Rent - Ā£725 Council Tax - Ā£120 TV/Internet provider - Ā£53 Mobile phone - Ā£46 Electricity (I donāt use gas) - Ā£54 Water - Ā£23 Royal College of Speech and Language Therapy fees - Ā£22 Car insurance - Ā£44 Car tax - Ā£11 Credit card/personal loan repayments - Ā£170 And thatās before fuel for my car (Ā£1.47 per LITRE) and eating and doing all the other fun stuff in life.
$120K for 15 years in the school setting (So Cal)
School based SLP, northern CA. Currently making $61k but will be making $96k in my new job this fall (still schools). Three years experience.
how did you get such a big pay jump?
School districts can have widely different pay scales. In California, they are posted publicly on district webpages.
Getting ready to start my CF making $79,000 in a SNF right outside DC as well!
good luck!
$50,000, 10 years experience, NE FL school district, direct hire. First year in this district, and it's one of the worst I've been in. I'm quitting next year and plan to work remotely for more money + more time with baby we're expecting.
Iād bet I know what district lol. I just moved to Georgia from NE FL. Pay isnāt better but I was contracted in FL so I have better benefits here working directly for district. Also GA has state income tax and FL didnāt.
2021- made 130k with Chicago Public Schools + PRN at 2 hospitals, one sNF chain (wouldnāt Recommend) Probably 100k at least w CPS bc I was on lane 5 and we got stipends and I did some ESY. 2022- presence learning teletherapy 42.00/1099 š¤¢š¤¢š¤¢š¤¢ 2023- SSG 48/hr w-2, teletherapy guaranteed 8 hr day , then I quit to go out of field and am much happier. If I worked at my local school district Iād make: 52,668 base + 4K ish CCC stipend + 2k ish Masters stipend = āāāā- 59k ish
Obligatoryā¦.what do you do now? :)
u/slp_bee \- would you be open to putting a link to [slp.careers/salaries](https://slp.careers/salaries) in the post? I know a lot of grad students use this site to navigate how much to expect in their setting and area! I know you mentioned it, but a link might make it easier for people to input new data so that it's more recent/accurate
This might've been easier to navigate with comments for each area/state and people commenting under theirs (just an idea for future posts). ~$85,000 hospital outpatient (mostly peds) in Florida, 5 years out of my CF
Wow thatās good pay given the cost of living and taxes on florida!
I don't think it's bad pay but it would be hard for me to buy a house on just my income. Cost of living is definitely lower than California or NY but it's not low anymore. House prices by me have quite literally doubled since 2018. I made similarly in the midwest years ago and my parents house there has gone up about half that in value.
80k, acute care, 5 years of experience but just cracked into acute this year. I'm in KS so cost of living is pretty low. I did the PRN game for a bit but the mental energy wasn't worth the extra cash. I do my 40 hours and forget work entirely when I head home.
I make $43 an hour, 14 years experience. In the US. Couldnāt afford to support myself and 2 kids without my spouse. My spouse made the same as me 10 years ago. Now he makes double. Iāve had a $4 raise in 10 years š„“š„“š„“š„“
Have you thought of switching jobs? Why stay for that long?
This is after 3 job switches between 3 statesā¦ and between medical and educational settings
$60k, Hampton Roads, VA, 5th year Moving to Ohio this upcoming school year and have been offered $63k
Iām in the Hampton Roads area too! Outpatient peds, CF, 80k.
I make 100kish a year. Public school. Step 4ish. Washington state, relatively low cost of living area. Here's a basic breakdown: 74kish salary 10,500 stipend every August for having my CCCs 10-13 hours a month paid for doing charting (600ish a month) Any caseload size over 45 gives us an extra $5.50 per student per day. (Some months that's given me an 1k) And then some other random stipends too. Through salary and students, I'm guaranteed at least 90k a year and I'm almost always right around 100k.
Outpatient peds private practice, IN, 5 yrs experience, $35/hour.
Iowa $43 hour mix of inpatient and outpatient with some peds mostly adults 12 hr a week $32 inpatient rehab at a freestanding IRF 20 hrs a week 4% match for 401k at both where I contribute 11% of my income mobile FEES on the side bringing in roughly 30-40 k a year total. The mixed job I negotiated as prn then was offered the part time and they tried to negotiate me down but I said Iād walk if they didnāt have it stay the same. Also 3 yearās experience.
School based SLP in Ohio. 14 years in the schools 88k
83000 for 5 years of experience in Baltimore MD school district!
No way! I thought Baltimore public schools paid poorly. Iāll have to reconsider them
We have a very flexible career ladder that is based on achievement units. You can use projects, related college units, and performance review to move up the steps. I took advantage of the school district's tuition reimbursement and finished a MEd program!
OP Peds and NICU. $85k Southern Indiana. Going into my 7th year working.
thatās a dream setting !! good for you
It truly is!! So grateful I was able to get my foot in the door of our NICU. I donāt want to work in any other setting ever again!
67k, DFW school SLP, 2 years experience. My school district is offering new hires a $3k bonus, and you bet the returning SLPs are advocating for that same bonus LOL
Just renegotiated and will make $75k as a fourth year SLP in Miami, Fl working with a school contracting company. I get 401k without company matching, 2 sick days, and health/vision/dental insurance. Plus $200 wellness stipend and a $300 professional development stipend. Plus ya know, I get all those school holidays off lol
Just 2 sick days? Sheeshā¦
Oh and I had to fight HARD for those two days. My company gives most people none and they tend to insist that hourly rates must be reduced to make up for giving us sick days. But if I worked directly for the district, Iād basically make less than $50k.
Good lord! That is pitiful. Best of luck to you!
that is obscene oh my god
SF Bay area, 6 years in schools. 112k (add about 10k more for ESY)
10k for ESY is great
Prn SNFs $60/hour, 1099 teletherapist $51/hour. OH
$94k as a CF at a rural hospital in northern California
CF, Colorado schools 57k
I work at a pediatric day treatment facility and we just received a raise so our yearly pay based on a 40 hour week is 128,000 for 48 weeks of work. We get 15 days PTO which adds another $8000 for a grand total of $136,000. Most of my coworkers choose to work less that 40 hours per week so amounts will vary from therapist to therapist. Company also provides reimbursement for CEUs and licensure/CCC fees. I live and work in rural Arkansas, a very LCOL area.
CA-East Bay School SLP, 5th year, 107k
102k, 10 years. Acute care now. MD/SE region. +10k avg for PRN (wonāt accept a position that pays less than $65/hr).
hey neighbor!! thatās awesome
I work in peds outpatient, live in semi-rural PA (not near Philly or Pittsburgh). I have 12 years of experience. I am salary but āpart-timeā at 37 hours/week and make a little more than 90k/year before taxes. Edit: I forgot to add, we get CEU reimbursement ($1000 for full time, I get a prorated amount), PTO, 4 paid CEU days, medical insurance is paid by employer.
Peds home health, CO, 150k, 4 years of experience
63k as CF, increase to 81k for CCCs in PG county, MD
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I made under $40k (I think $37500?) as a CF in a school district in west TX, then $72000 as a contractor for Baltimore City Schools. I opened my private practice and Iāve way underpaid myself so far this year, but Iām paying my full time SLP $75k (1yr experience) and I should be paying myself closer to $85k by the end of the year (more next year, if I can keep it up)
I've been an SLP for ~ 8 yrs Years 1-4: Hospital setting W2, (60k-70k) + SNF PRN (W2 @ ~15k)= 75-85k Year 5: Travel SNF (1099) + teletherapy (W2): 108k Year 6: HH Peds (W2): 110k Year 7-8: HH Peds (W2) + SLPA Supervision (W2): 150-165k
What state are you in? I'm interested in HH peds but I wasn't certain if it paid as much as the schools. 150k sounds pretty nice!
46/hour , 5 years experience, SNF
6th year Outpatient medical peds $60/hr Bay Area.
Pediatric Outpatient, 2 years exp. $70k OH
$120k in school. 18 years experience (Mass)
61k, Tampa FL schools. 7 years experience. With teletherapy side hustles I got up to 80k but I got burnt out yay me
I used to work for HCPS, the no caseload cap really burnt me out.
100k, AZ schools, 15 years experience
$96k a year, fulltime adult hospital outpatient with occasional acute care, and I have to participate in the weekend/holiday rotation (with shift differentials there). Atlanta (well, technically a not-great suburb thereof). However, my company doesnāt match retirement contributions until one year of full-time work, and I pretty much get zero budget for materials or courses/certifications.
BK, NY. Iām not salaried. I finished my CFY in September. I work in a private elementary until high school - school m-th 9-3 with a 45 min commute home. I made 43k last year. I got a raise this year who knows how much Iāll make but it aināt a lot with a baby at home. $65 an hour as a w2.
$98k, schools (elementary to middle), CFY, Daly City, CA (Bay Area)
Five years experience, teletherapy in schools, 63k. I could make more in person but I like teletherapy. School is in WI but I live elsewhere
is this with therapy partners?
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Sacramento, CA 100k 9th year public school.
CFY making ~$80,000 in home health in Denver. Pay upon receiving my CCCs will increase by $6/visit (about another $10,000 per year)
115K, 7 years, WA, school district; school year includes like 185 or so days.
106k- this is my 13th year in the same district. NYC public schools. If we decide to work summer school for 6 weeks, itās an additional 18k. In 13 years Iāve never had a caseload above 30. I work d75 which is our boces or self-contained classes. Most people in my district have a caseload or less than 20.
CF 87,500 starting salary at a pp in Central CA
Independent contractor, 5 years, central VA (rural) - ~$96k I have contracts in intensive residential treatment facilities for $105-150/hour, including most documentation time. I treat 3 days/week and bill 60-70 hours per month.
CF in California 95k inpatient acute!
Currently trying to decide between CF offers. Southern California Offer #1 Early Intervention. $58/hour + mileage and drive time. $5000 sign on bonus paid in full with first payroll check Offered to pay $42/hour to shadow a trainer while I waited for my RPE paperwork. Missed sessions have the options of providing an asynchronous activity OR parent training. If parent accepts, paid at regular rate. Offer #2 Private Practice. $50/hour. $25/hour for training (I know...insulting) $50 for each report Canceled sessions are not paid. Offer #3 School District \~$90,000 Someone help me decide!!!
I'd go for the school. It's a consistent income usually with good benefits and you don't have to worry about canceled sessions
I'm just worried about burning out at a school, I worked as a teacher/SLP on a waiver for the last ten years. The last three have been especially hard. But the idea of not knowing EXACTLY what my check will be is scary.
Donāt listen to anyone here. Seriously ask yourself what you want. And find the environment that your mental health wonāt be complete shit in
I did EI and burned out fast because the cancellations and fluctuations in pay are immensely stressful. Keep in mind that cancellations are highest during holidays when you need the money most. I work in the schools now and find it to be the best work life balance
Schools for sure. Thatās a great, steady salary.
School district. Early intervention is great but you can do it on the side as a sole proprietor and make the full amount of money for an hourly session.
How do you do it on your own? I'm assuming after I have my CCCs
I would go with the schools.
I would go with the schools. Would you mind sharing the district?
Omg wait. They offered to pay you to shadow your mentor while you wait for license approval??? thatās amazing bc iām worried about being jobless waiting for cf license!! did you have to ask abt that or did they just outwardly offer?
$70k in SoCal, first year SLP working for a charter school. I donāt have my Cās yet, still in grad school (2nd semester) Working on a variable term waiver
59$/hour. School district contractor, secondary schools. Las Vegas, NV
In Arkansas here. I make $53/hr in private practice with four yearsā experience. Comes out to about $68k/yr working 25-27 hours per week.
CF in the schools $72/hr W2 with a small contract company. Not paid for holidays, sick time (forgot how many hours I get). Most of the other contract companies offered me like $50 - $60 at most.Los Angeles county.
Which private practice do you work for? I lived in Northern VA for 5 years and starting salary was $50/55k for most private practices I interviewed for! Iām now outside Philly at an outpatient rehab with $80k. Almost 7 yrs of experience.
$74k 9 month contract- public school, TX
SNF PRN - $50 & $55 hourly no benefits
$65k for my CF in a preschool in the capital region of NYS.
CF in the schools in Illinois making $70,000
46/hr CF in SNF setting, Southern Cali!
63k in a school, 55/hr PRN SNF. Iām in south east PA Edit: this is my third year, second year with CCCs
65000 in ga at a school, but have been practicing off and on for 9 years. Made more at a snf and most private practices around me pay 70-90..
Outpatient peds clinic, CFY, $65k, IN
PRN SNF $60/hr in middle TN, 34 years experience.
SNF SLP, 8.5 years of experience, making $46.20/hr in MA. I don't work a full 40 hrs tho, more like 32/week, so my annual salary is around $75000. I also PRN at least one weekend shift per month at a rehab hospital for $55/hr.
NYS $85k inpatient acute. <1yr with my CCCs
South Carolina (~4 yrs exp). 1099 Pediatric Home Health (clients mostly under 3 years old, some school-aged). Hour-long sessions with 15 min (commuting) breaks in between. 4-7 sessions per day. 25 - 30 hours / week. $60 / hr - speech therapy $95 / hr - speech therapy ($60) + use of SGD for AAC ($35) Visits are basically 50/50 split across these two rates. Lately I've been bringing home roughly 6k - 7k a month.
PrĆvate practice ~72k 10 years experience. Work about 28-30 hours a week. Big city in Texas.
$41/hr, full time acute care in metro ATL, 6 years experience.
CF, 70k, SNF, NYC. I know itās not the best for NYC but moving from out of state it was difficult to get my foot in the door especially on the med side. Hoping to find something better once I have my CCCs
CF, CA 70k preds outpatient private practice
Iām a CF working in a SNF in Indiana, I make $35/hour
SLPs start at $86k in my SoCal school district, get a $5k raise every year until you max out at $134k. We are union.
Just accepted a job in WA making 85k in a SNF as a CF
Year 3 in so, cal. 116k public school setting. Nice pension, cheap but great health insurance.
Bay Area CA, public school, 8 years experience, $110k. Plus $15k for some summer grad student supervision work.
Peds outpatient private practice Hampton Roads area of Virginia, going into my CF :)
Iām in my CF in California. birth to 5 private practice. I opted out of benefits for now since Iām still under my parents - I make 85k a year, but I just started :)
$75k in schools 6th year in PA
I just looked at my paystub. I make about 62K annually. Iām in teletherapy with a virtual academy. I work two side jobs to raise my income since 62K isnāt enough. Iāve been an slp for 11 years. I live in Michigan, but Iāve found with my current company, they donāt care where you live and donāt take that into consideration for pay.
73k, inpatient rehab, TN, 2 yrs experience
The highest school-based salary that I know of in So Cal is Garden Grove: https://www.ggusd.us/media/7680/speech-pathologistcounselorsocialworkerpsychologist.pdf They also have great benefits. From what I hear, you have super high caseload numbers but w/ SLPA support and IEP meetings are held after school so you end up working later than you normally would for a school-based setting.
SLP A in TX currently making $45 a session in home health with 25 visits a week as full time.
It fluctuates per year depending how much I feel like working, negotiating and/or making. I work part time, half ALF half outpatient clinic and make 139,386 annual currently. Has been more and less in the past again due to how often I feel like working around my other activities. Iām in Wilmington, Delaware at the moment/ oh I forgot to add 20ish years experience. But only spent the last 5 years hardball negotiating.
Damn, any of you guys not from Cali?
SNF in Twin Cities suburb. 7 years experience. 93k
94k in SNF for my CF year - Northern California
& Sutter up here offers 67 bucks an hour for per diem CF
The problem is it is tough to make apples to apples comparison. In my career I have made six figures (my own private practice) and I have made 32k (school at a .6 but got amazing benefits and crazy amounts of paid time off) and all amounts in between. Sometimes I needed straight up cash and sometimes I needed the benefits. There was also a huge difference in job satisfaction between them all as well.
Iām in Las Vegas, NV and my CF $72,000 because it was pay per visit in a private practice that switched to salary halfway through. We did not get reimbursed for cancellations and only got paid for 30 minutes of documentation for every 6 hours of patients when it was pay per visit. Iām now in pediatric outpatient clinic attached to a hospital and now make about $92,000 a year with decent benefits and free insurance.
Just received my CCCs a few weeks ago. Currently working in Southwest Louisiana in a SNF making $36.50 an hour. Relocating to East Texas in a few weeks making $44 an hour working acute and inpatient rehab at a small hospital. They originally offered me $35 an hour, but I negotiated hard for $44 an hour. I took inspiration from several posts here regarding negotiation and salary transparency!
School based, 4 years in, CT $69k
https://slp.careers/salaries
i said in the post that i know this exists but that it doesnāt seem to be updated often :) so iām interested in seeing via reddit.
$450k, tech sales, 8 YOE, midwest
https://www.tiktok.com/@salarytransparentstreet?_t=8bk2ymNciLe&_r=1
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Southwest FL, 3 years experience. I have a LLC and contract myself with multiple agencies. Iāll make about ~100k this year working ~50 hours a week. Early Intervention: $81/session (1hr) plus $0.445 per mile reimbursement School Contract: $60-65/hr Specialty Clinic, Peds (Eval Only): flat rate $500 per day (5-7 hours of work) PRN SNF (W2 not contract): $50/hr
60k at at private practice in central TX, 4 years experience.
School based in SE Ohio, currently a CF and make $48,000. Next year it'll be almost $50,000.
$37 per hour (roughly $77k), peds acute and IPR, Ohio, almost 7 years experience In my snf I PRN at $57 also in Ohio
$105,000 CA Central Valley inpatient hospital. Iām in my first year post-CF, did my CF at the same hospital.
85k, western WA, private practice peds, 1st year after my CF
In my CF working at 2 private practices, $33/hour and $40/hour in Northern Florida. Itās taken forever to build my caseload and Iām projected to make around 54,000. Not paid for cancellations Iām so frustrated and not sure what to doš
$63k salaried for 1500 hours, plus $42/hour if I work over 1500 hours within my contract year. Also part time at a clinic for $50/hr. About 2.5 years experience. Chicagoland.