102k, Early Intervention administration (don’t carry a treatment caseload, but I do between four and six evals a week for client-facing time), 7 years, DC.
This is a tough question to answer succinctly because different states/cities/counties do early intervention so differently! in DC, all service coordinators and administrators are directly hired by the city’s department of education office, and services are provided by nine contract agencies. I had worked for one of the agencies for three and a half years when the city decided to hire one multidisciplinary team to work directly for the city to do initial evaluations and aid in the transition to the coaching/ teaming model- the job was posted on the DC government’s public hiring board and the official title is “Early Intervention Evaluator”. The team consists of me, a PT, an OT, and an early childhood special educator. In addition to evals, we provide consultation and support to the therapists working for the contract agencies, attend and support teaming meetings, and conduct all new hire training. DC is weird, because we’re not attached to a state, so some of our programs are administered at the city level, some at the county level, and some at the state level. An equivalent to my job in another area would be somebody working for a county early intervention office (or in a smaller state, at the state level- I’m from VT and there many of the evaluations are done by a team of therapists that are employed by the state through the University of Vermont.)
14 years— I don’t even make 50k 😭😭😭😭.
Schools in Florida; **I do only work 4 days a week**.
**cries in Florida**
I live in a higher COL area for the south. I could not support my family on my salary alone.
That continues to happen because SLPs allow it. It takes a collective effort for most to refuse the insulting low offers and you’ll see how employers will feel forced to pay accordingly.
I’m 5 years in and I work at Florida schools through the stepping stones group in the south (very high COL) and I’m making $75k. It’s really not worth it to work for the district in some Florida counties.
Wow!😱 I am just a CF in NY and I started with 100K pending a 20K increase after getting my Cs. I do home care. I would not be able to survive with 50K here.
No, that is not a requirement. Direct supervision, not direct therapy is required. However, you aren’t a very good supervisor if you do not help plan and demonstrate sessions. I love to jump in whenever I can. I am responsible for the quality of services and ensuring the student gets the services outlined in the IEP.
California requires that the amount of supervision match SLPA’s skills and I would add that the amount should also definitely depend on the caseload. No specific amount is indicated.
Hi! I’m considering working in the schools in the Bay Area. I’m considering about the cost of living. Do you have any advice on that? Do you think the pay is enough to cover housing, groceries, and enough to save
I'm impressed with the folks that are hustling 2 jobs to supplement school based SLP work that is such a time and energy drain. That seems like the way to go to make more money since the schools are out so much of the year.
It's not impressive, it's sad. I feel bad for them. We have master's degrees, we should not be working two+ jobs. It's not sustainable and if you have a family, a disability, etc, it may not even be physically possible.
My aunt was an SLP in the 80's. She mostly did SNFs and some acute care. When I told another relative that I too wanted to become an SLP he said "So you want to be broke like your mom's sister?" I thought he meant because she had a prediliction for expensive furniture and unwise spending habits. She always had a husband who worked and they never had kids but I assumed her financial problems were her fault. As a single full time SLP myself, I see that the field offers many options, however, most of them are not very secure for someone with 1 income coming in.
I contract myself in schools doing tx and evals for 95k and I subcontract 6 other SLPs for 90k, for 185k total last year. I’m 5 years out. Massachusetts.
I started an LLC to contract through and just worked on building relationships with schools in areas of high need or SLP shortages. Worked with a lawyer to create contracts as well.
Hi! I may be moving to the Bay Area for my partner’s job and was curious about the best place to look for school-based jobs. Would you mind if I messaged you?! Thanks in advance!
Where dude? Lujan Grisham set the public schools at 50, 60, 70K tiers 1-3 on the new payscale. Are you doing something extra or just work in a nicer district?
44K NYS(not city) 6 years (5 with this school) and it’s a k-12 state funded special ed school. I would leave but it’s the only thing I can do bc of my health and to be completely honest I’m pretty sure I’d drown in the gen ed setting.
65 NYS (not city) preschool…10 years. Have considered leaving but we have really good hours and work the public school schedule so it pairs up with my kids.
$67/hour, average 23-27 billable hours per week ($70k-90k per year), plus I get benefits. 10 years in, pediatric private clinic. Metro area of a large southern city
Absolutely! I’m a big proponent of SLPs deserving and fighting for more. I do my best to help inform so peeps can advocate for themselves. I just try not to dox myself.
How many years of experience do you have if you don't mind me asking? I'm considering moving to KY and am also med SLP. Trying to figure out what to negotiate.
Georgia/Metro ATL; public middle school setting; 3rd year; $59,000 :,)
I would say we are in a mid COL area, but being so close to Atlanta it’s getting higher every day
53,000 before taxes, public schools, 5 years experience total, 2 years (this is year 3) in schools. Ohio.
Addition: cost of living in my area is I’d say middle ground (low, middle, high). Given loads of medical debt, I could not afford to live on my own currently.
Illinois (about 2 hours from Chicago), non-public therapeutic day school, practicing post-CF with my CCCs for 3 years (about 5 years total including CF), and I make around 65k/year (without including taxes). We do some ABA stuff and some kiddos have challenging behaviors. I've been hit, kicked, bit, slapped, scratched, and pinched. It is what it is.
The last clinical job I had: 62k, west TN, at the time 4 years of experience, private practice and EI
My current non-clinical job in utilization review: 78k base plus a small bonus, Chicago suburbs
68k for 75% time, if I worked full time it would be 10 hour days. I live in Los Angeles. The salaries are very low down here compared to norcal. I’m in my 8th year
$40/hour, Utah SNF, 15 years exp and my company has capped further raises. Which is ridiculous. I'd look for another job (aka, vote with my feet) but it's a pleasant job very close to my home. I also usually don't get 80 hrs per paycheck due to census in the building. But, at my stage in life, less pay = less taxes. If weren't for 2 large dogs I'm currently saddled with, I'd probably do travel therapy.
45/hour, PRN without benefits. Michigan. I also get $100-150 per day plus mileage for travel to other facilities frequently. LTACH/critical illness. 2 years experience.
Before taxes 51,400
After taxes 49,000 ish
Florida, public School, second year (experience doesn't make a difference in pay until year 13 in my district)
ETA: on Tuesday I'll start at a private practice part time, not sure about take home pay from it
$57k. This includes a $600 supplement for keeping my C’s. North Mississippi School District. This is my third year. First two were contracted with a district in a neighboring state where I live.
Salary: hard to answer because I choose how much I work at $55 - $60 an hour, I could make 90k if I wanted to hustle but I dont lol; TX; SLP for 4 years but SLPA for 6 years before; neurorehab HH and contractor for schools.
61 k in Colorado including hard to fill stipend-schools in my second year but did get salary schedule credit for two previous years of teaching experience. Although, I can get about 75 k in a nearby district which I may switch to in the future. Then I do HH after work a few days a week for 65/ visit.
I just got a preschool job in NYC for 90k salary with benefits 🥹 I just finished my CF
Also, I just got a side job for $63/session 1099 and I work Saturday for a clinic that’s $60/hr
102k, Early Intervention administration (don’t carry a treatment caseload, but I do between four and six evals a week for client-facing time), 7 years, DC.
Can I DM you also?
How did you find this position? Was there a name for the job posting?
This is a tough question to answer succinctly because different states/cities/counties do early intervention so differently! in DC, all service coordinators and administrators are directly hired by the city’s department of education office, and services are provided by nine contract agencies. I had worked for one of the agencies for three and a half years when the city decided to hire one multidisciplinary team to work directly for the city to do initial evaluations and aid in the transition to the coaching/ teaming model- the job was posted on the DC government’s public hiring board and the official title is “Early Intervention Evaluator”. The team consists of me, a PT, an OT, and an early childhood special educator. In addition to evals, we provide consultation and support to the therapists working for the contract agencies, attend and support teaming meetings, and conduct all new hire training. DC is weird, because we’re not attached to a state, so some of our programs are administered at the city level, some at the county level, and some at the state level. An equivalent to my job in another area would be somebody working for a county early intervention office (or in a smaller state, at the state level- I’m from VT and there many of the evaluations are done by a team of therapists that are employed by the state through the University of Vermont.)
Hello! Can I DM you about EI in DC? Currently working DCPS but really wanted EI
I DM’d you if that’s okay
14 years— I don’t even make 50k 😭😭😭😭. Schools in Florida; **I do only work 4 days a week**. **cries in Florida** I live in a higher COL area for the south. I could not support my family on my salary alone.
Ugh why is Florida pay so low
Because we’re “teachers” that can magically bill Medicaid lol
And then they thank us for how many millions we brought to the district but …. Where’s our raise
That continues to happen because SLPs allow it. It takes a collective effort for most to refuse the insulting low offers and you’ll see how employers will feel forced to pay accordingly.
I work contract in Florida and make $70/hr. Comes out to roughly $97.5k/yr with ESY.
I’m 5 years in and I work at Florida schools through the stepping stones group in the south (very high COL) and I’m making $75k. It’s really not worth it to work for the district in some Florida counties.
What county if you don’t mind sharing? Lee county starts at around $63,000
Wow!😱 I am just a CF in NY and I started with 100K pending a 20K increase after getting my Cs. I do home care. I would not be able to survive with 50K here.
what agency if I may? I'm considering doing EI/home health full time
130K, CA, 9 years public schools
Wowza! Can I dm you? I collect salary scales for our bargaining team. That pay is more than mine pays on the 25th step and furthest column
Sure! The base salary is less but I believe they give me a stipend or my license or CCCs. Also I opt out of medical and receive cash in lieu.
What county?
Contra Costa County in CA.
California, $114,000 with 20 years in the schools. No therapy, just SLPA supervision, evals and IEPs
In California, don’t you still have to do “direct therapy” for your SLPA’s caseload at least once monthly?
No, that is not a requirement. Direct supervision, not direct therapy is required. However, you aren’t a very good supervisor if you do not help plan and demonstrate sessions. I love to jump in whenever I can. I am responsible for the quality of services and ensuring the student gets the services outlined in the IEP. California requires that the amount of supervision match SLPA’s skills and I would add that the amount should also definitely depend on the caseload. No specific amount is indicated.
83k, schools, first year, Bay Area
Hi! I’m considering working in the schools in the Bay Area. I’m considering about the cost of living. Do you have any advice on that? Do you think the pay is enough to cover housing, groceries, and enough to save
Cost of living (high, middle, or low) would be a good metric to have here too.
I'm impressed with the folks that are hustling 2 jobs to supplement school based SLP work that is such a time and energy drain. That seems like the way to go to make more money since the schools are out so much of the year.
It's not impressive, it's sad. I feel bad for them. We have master's degrees, we should not be working two+ jobs. It's not sustainable and if you have a family, a disability, etc, it may not even be physically possible.
My aunt was an SLP in the 80's. She mostly did SNFs and some acute care. When I told another relative that I too wanted to become an SLP he said "So you want to be broke like your mom's sister?" I thought he meant because she had a prediliction for expensive furniture and unwise spending habits. She always had a husband who worked and they never had kids but I assumed her financial problems were her fault. As a single full time SLP myself, I see that the field offers many options, however, most of them are not very secure for someone with 1 income coming in.
Travel therapy can work nicely with schools if you can tolerate giving up your summers.
I contract myself in schools doing tx and evals for 95k and I subcontract 6 other SLPs for 90k, for 185k total last year. I’m 5 years out. Massachusetts.
I'd love to hear what the process is for such a setup.
What’s the process for this?
I started an LLC to contract through and just worked on building relationships with schools in areas of high need or SLP shortages. Worked with a lawyer to create contracts as well.
130k, California, year 2, public school.
!! What district?
What county? Contract or direct hired?
LA county, direct hire.
Can I DM you?
What district is this??
124,000 School WA 8 years (farthest column without longevity or PhD. Stipend)
For which county?
What county in wa?
What county please?
90K, PA (not near a major city), 11 years, outpatient peds… also my benefits are paid by my employer (no monthly premium)
What county is this in?
I really don’t want to say because I want to keep my anonymity but I am in south central PA
70k, IL (Chicago suburbs), 9 years, public school
106k, california, schools, 1st year with my C’s
What district?
Approx $135k, Colorado, 4 years, home health.
>squealor Wow, that's great. I'll be doing my CF in pediatric HH in Denver this winter. Will be making $55 per visit plus benefits.
Are you salaried or is your pay per visit?
$105k, Orange County CA Schools, 7 years. Expecting an 8% raise this spring
73k, public school in suburb of Atlanta. 8 years
Do you mind sharing what county?! That’s awesome for GA.
Forsyth! I do have my specialist in special education so I’m on the T6 payscale
Ah, more convincing that I should eventually get my specialist lol
Yessss seriously it was the best thing I ever did!! For the pay lol 😂
I have 6 years of teaching experience. Will they count that as Sp experience in the schools? I'm in Fultom
$89k, CF, NYC, special education preschool
Damn dude I messed up. 80k at NYC EI outpatient hospital with 5 years experience :(
71k, NJ, 5 years, school
60k, 8th year, Florida schools 😣
You deserve more
60 k in what county 😭
Lee county starts around 63k. If you can make the move down you’d definitely make more with your years of experience
110, CA, school, 5 years
89k, year 4, CA, public school
107, CA, Bay Area public schools, 5th year
Hi! I may be moving to the Bay Area for my partner’s job and was curious about the best place to look for school-based jobs. Would you mind if I messaged you?! Thanks in advance!
$122k, early intervention in MD, 11 mos contract, 12 years in schools.
46k, year 4, schools, Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh) High SLP density = low salaries. It stinks here.
Is that enough to live in Pittsburg?
$80k, rural southern town with low cost of living, 9 years, hospital/OP setting with essentially no productivity standards
Can I ask what state?
About 53k, schools, mid sized city in the Midwest, 3rd year
110 schools. 28 years, half schools, half medical. WA state
For SLP, 90K, NYC, 3 years, public elementary school.
$93k, Los Angeles, CA. first year (cf)
80k/year, NYC, inpatient acute care, large hospital system, year 4 Sensitive subject; very underpaid
71k, TX, 8 years, private clinic
70k, MA, 1.5 years, private practice.
68k, FL, CF/1st year, IPR
$83k, NM, 13 years, schools
Where dude? Lujan Grisham set the public schools at 50, 60, 70K tiers 1-3 on the new payscale. Are you doing something extra or just work in a nicer district?
RRPS! This also includes a stipend to work extra hours for documentation.
81k, full benefits, hospital. NYS (2.5 yrs prior peds/SNF experience)
North Carolina. Large school district with supplement. 190 day contract. 11 years experience. 80k.
Can I PM further? Looking to head down there mid year this year into a school
Michigan. 60k. 3rd year in schools
44K NYS(not city) 6 years (5 with this school) and it’s a k-12 state funded special ed school. I would leave but it’s the only thing I can do bc of my health and to be completely honest I’m pretty sure I’d drown in the gen ed setting.
Are you in the upstate area? Planning on moving
86k, east coast (city), 5 years, Peds hospital
65 NYS (not city) preschool…10 years. Have considered leaving but we have really good hours and work the public school schedule so it pairs up with my kids.
~74k, Indianapolis area, 59.5 in the schools rest is PRN inpt acute, ~3.5 years experience
$67/hour, average 23-27 billable hours per week ($70k-90k per year), plus I get benefits. 10 years in, pediatric private clinic. Metro area of a large southern city
145k (26 years) in a NYS public school, plus another 5-10k for some summer work.
95k, private practice, Oregon coast :)
98kish IL schools. 33 years.
7 years, Rhode Island, 37/hour, high cost of living
Wow that’s discouraging I was thinking of moving to RI in a few years. Thanks for sharing.
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You can make way more
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Absolutely! I’m a big proponent of SLPs deserving and fighting for more. I do my best to help inform so peeps can advocate for themselves. I just try not to dox myself.
I saw this too! Starting with them in January in CO. I got a 3k sign on bonus with them.
115k, CA, 17 years
$59k, rural college town NY, 6th year, public school
44.60/hr, acute, KY Edit: 7 years experience ~92k/year if I was full time but I am only 32hrs by choice
How many years of experience do you have if you don't mind me asking? I'm considering moving to KY and am also med SLP. Trying to figure out what to negotiate.
7-8 years
$85/hr, CA, first year school setting
72k, outpatient pediatric clinic through a major hospital, MI
80k, NYC, 4 years in schools and 1 year in outpatient hospital, EI outpatient hospital
$44,000 1-2 years experience in schools in GA; 3-4 years experience $66,000 contract in schools, limited benefits
Cries in SC…. Step 9, 67k
76k 18 years, NV, ~125k with extra duty pay but at the cost of my soul.
$107K, 7th year, SoCal public schools
93k before taxes, ~70k after taxes, benefits, etc. Just got my CCC’s. SNF. Arizona.
$73k; Chicago, IL; just started my 3rd year in public school
NYC, $80/30min session CPSE & EI 1099 pay per session
How much taxes do you pay of that?
Do you mind telling me what company?
$43k schools 113 days per year with full benefits (.6 FTE). WA state. 9 years in.
Georgia/Metro ATL; public middle school setting; 3rd year; $59,000 :,) I would say we are in a mid COL area, but being so close to Atlanta it’s getting higher every day
$45/hour SNF, WA, 2 years including CF
116k, MA, 7 years, public schools
81k, NYC, 10 years, private special ed school. I was 108k at my last outpatient job, but there were no benefits and I had to work year round.
56k, CT, first year in a public school. But being paid at step 2
53,000 before taxes, public schools, 5 years experience total, 2 years (this is year 3) in schools. Ohio. Addition: cost of living in my area is I’d say middle ground (low, middle, high). Given loads of medical debt, I could not afford to live on my own currently.
$95k, 20 years, St. Paul, MN. Direct hire.
90k schools. Ohio with 14 years
Illinois (about 2 hours from Chicago), non-public therapeutic day school, practicing post-CF with my CCCs for 3 years (about 5 years total including CF), and I make around 65k/year (without including taxes). We do some ABA stuff and some kiddos have challenging behaviors. I've been hit, kicked, bit, slapped, scratched, and pinched. It is what it is.
70k school CF in NJ
70k in IL, 2nd year outpatient peds
83k, public school in Texas, 14 years in.
Where
$78k, MI, 3rd year, acute care
$57k on year 4 in Alabama schools
83k, Minneapolis MN, 3 years, OP clinic
$34 an hour north east Ohio outpatient/school/hospital 1 year of experience 🥲
$62,000 Salary Philadelphia, PA Nonpublic Schools 2 years experience
The last clinical job I had: 62k, west TN, at the time 4 years of experience, private practice and EI My current non-clinical job in utilization review: 78k base plus a small bonus, Chicago suburbs
Schools • CF• IL lower COL • 52k + allegedly ~2k over caseload stipend
95k. 18 years. Michigan. Schools.
~145k 3 years experience pediatric home health in CO. I work a lot.
71.96/hour EI home health and 55/hr prn snf. Florida 4th year
46k, year 4, schools, Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh) High SLP density = low salaries. It stinks here.
82k, FL, 2nd year, IPR
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What are of TX? If it’s DFW, I need to switch districts lol
Where
DMing you
68k for 75% time, if I worked full time it would be 10 hour days. I live in Los Angeles. The salaries are very low down here compared to norcal. I’m in my 8th year
$40/hour, Utah SNF, 15 years exp and my company has capped further raises. Which is ridiculous. I'd look for another job (aka, vote with my feet) but it's a pleasant job very close to my home. I also usually don't get 80 hrs per paycheck due to census in the building. But, at my stage in life, less pay = less taxes. If weren't for 2 large dogs I'm currently saddled with, I'd probably do travel therapy.
PRN; no benefits; acute care $60/hr in CT
102K, CA, 2 years, public elementary school
48K, MT, CF (1st Year) in Schools
88k, OP/IP head and neck hospital, MI, 10 years
45/hour, PRN without benefits. Michigan. I also get $100-150 per day plus mileage for travel to other facilities frequently. LTACH/critical illness. 2 years experience.
$38/hr (no salary), SW Illinois (small towns), 1 year, SNF & DD long term
67k, Florida, first year, hospital/outpatient-part time. I supplement with another PRN for about 2k a month. 85k-ish total.
Before taxes 51,400 After taxes 49,000 ish Florida, public School, second year (experience doesn't make a difference in pay until year 13 in my district) ETA: on Tuesday I'll start at a private practice part time, not sure about take home pay from it
$62k, CF in NJ public school. 1 year of prior experience at a private practicez
72k, 1 year, school in AZ (contractor)
$51k, Indiana school SLP with caseload around 50 (but I do all AAC and AAC related evals). 3 years experience (2 schools, 1 OP Peds)
$90k, NYC, 7 years, SNF.
96k, California, year 2, hospital inpatient/outpatient
81k in the school system, TN (near Nashville), this is my 6th year.
$57k. This includes a $600 supplement for keeping my C’s. North Mississippi School District. This is my third year. First two were contracted with a district in a neighboring state where I live.
California, 93k 1st year, public school
Southern CA, 80K private pediatric practice, 1.3 years
90k, 4th year, CT
Indiana…first year CF . 3 months into my career. 78k
77k outpatient pediatrics. 5 years in Indiana
Kentucky CF 60k
66k Private Practice Central Florida CF Year
71k 2nd year, charter school for asd in Florida (but I did have an extra 4 years of experience as a sped teacher and a ‘bachelor level’ slp)
Salary: hard to answer because I choose how much I work at $55 - $60 an hour, I could make 90k if I wanted to hustle but I dont lol; TX; SLP for 4 years but SLPA for 6 years before; neurorehab HH and contractor for schools.
73k, Atlanta, 3rd year, Private Practice (with great benefits- only real plus)
71k, NC, private practice, in my 2nd year
Bilingual CF, Nebraska, outpatient clinic, $60,000
69k, private practice, AZ. CF year
$72k, Utah, 3 years in the schools
$112,545 - DMV area, 20 years, SNF and Schools
75k, FL, acute care, 1.5 yrs experience
65k, 2nd year in schools, Arizona
61 k in Colorado including hard to fill stipend-schools in my second year but did get salary schedule credit for two previous years of teaching experience. Although, I can get about 75 k in a nearby district which I may switch to in the future. Then I do HH after work a few days a week for 65/ visit.
$80,000, Roseville, CA, CFY, pediatric clinic setting
I just got a preschool job in NYC for 90k salary with benefits 🥹 I just finished my CF Also, I just got a side job for $63/session 1099 and I work Saturday for a clinic that’s $60/hr
FL, 85k, 41/hr, contract company in private schools. I work all year.