How much do Speech-Language Pathologists make in Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN?

Percentile spread

For Speech-Language Pathologists, the published 10th percentile is $73,830 and the 90th percentile is $118,320. The difference is $44,490, which is 46.1% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $82,800 to the 75th at $107,230, covers $24,430.

The mean annual wage is $95,230, which sits below the median of $96,570. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN median is 1.3% lower than the national median of $97,870 for Speech-Language Pathologists. In 2024 national prices the local median is $103,361, which is 5.6% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 10.5% higher than the Indiana median of $87,360.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN is 93.430, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $96,570 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Speech-Language Pathologists at $103,361 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

35 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Speech-Language Pathologists. Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN ranks 6th of 36 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Kankakee, IL is 63 miles away, with a median of $77,210 and employment of 50. That median is 20% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $80,098, against $103,361 here.
• Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN is 67 miles away, with a median of $93,320 and employment of 1,360. That median is 3.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $97,517, against $103,361 here.
• Champaign-Urbana, IL is 70 miles away, with a median of $82,570 and employment of 150. That median is 14.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $89,068, against $103,361 here.

Employment share

Speech-Language Pathologists accounts for 0.09% of wage-and-salary employment in Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN (90 of 102,200). Nationally the occupation is 0.12% of employment (183,390 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.75 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.