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H-1B salary guideSOC 29-1127Rank #87Updated Sep 2026

Speech-Language Pathologists

H-1B prevailing-wage data for Speech-Language Pathologists (SOC 29-1127). Based on 7,486 Labor Condition Applications filed with the US Department of Labor.

Median wage
$96,200
P50 · FY2026
P25 wage
$82,859
lower quartile · FY2026
P75 wage
$109,520
upper quartile · FY2026
Filings
353
Rank #87 · FY2026

Wage by DOL prevailing-wage level

P25 / P50 / P75 of offered annual wage at each PW_WAGE_LEVEL. Level I = entry, Level IV = expert — the I-to-IV gap is the career runway.

LevelNP25MedianP75
Level I1,588$67,704$79,498$95,680
Level II909$81,411$92,269$108,160
Level III187$95,340$104,000$115,482
Level IV97$108,160$123,427$135,200
Wage by level (P25 / median / P75): 4 levels
Wage by level (P25 / median / P75)
LevelP25MedianP75
Level I$67,704$79,498$95,680
Level II$81,411$92,269$108,160
Level III$95,340$104,000$115,482
Level IV$108,160$123,427$135,200

Top hiring states

Worksite states with the most filings for this SOC, with the local median wage.

#StateFilingsMedian
1CA4,022$76,981
2NY552$65,250
3TX360$68,000
4MI238$68,640
5WA191$68,978
6FL189$65,333
7NJ145$79,040
8MD113$73,008
9IL102$66,560
10MA98$66,150

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Median wage by fiscal year

How the typical offered wage for this SOC has drifted across fiscal years.

Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$60k
FY2011$65k
FY2012$62k
FY2013$64k
FY2014$64k
FY2015$65k
FY2016$65k
FY2017$66k
FY2018$72k
FY2019$75k
FY2020$80k
FY2021$85k
FY2022$82k
FY2023$85k
FY2024$85k
FY2025$91k
FY2026$96k
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22 employers filed H-1B LCAs for Speech-Language Pathologists — ranked, with certification rates and a sponsor-health signal.

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