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What speech-language pathologists make
Typical
$96,000
New grad
$69,000
Senior or private
$124,000
Job Bank's median is about $46 an hour, roughly $96,000 a year full time, with a spread of about $33 to $60 an hour. Hospital and school board jobs are usually unionized with a pay grid that rises for 8 to 10 years. Private practice owners can earn more, but they carry rent, admin and unpaid gaps between clients.