Georgia / Polk School District / Speech-Language Pathologist

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Speech-Language Pathologist

Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.

13 employees hold this title in Polk School District. Median total compensation for the role is $76,820, above the department median of $49,015.

Employees: 13
Total payroll: $900.4K
Role median: $76,820
Agency median: $49,015
Comparison: Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$14,051$86,412+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How total compensation varies among the 13 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Compared with the local labor market

Speech-Language Pathologist pay vs. Georgia

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Speech-Language Pathologists — about 4,030 people — is $96,760. Polk School District pays a median base salary of $84,855 for this role, 12% below that figure — about the 37th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Polk School District sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$59,800

$73,990

$96,760

$108,030

$125,550

Polk School District median · $84,855

The bar is the range of annual wages for Speech-Language Pathologists across every employer in Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Polk School District’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Speech-Language Pathologists — about 183,390 people — is $97,870. Polk School District’s median base salary is 13% below that national figure, about the 34th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$62,900

$77,730

$97,870

$114,570

$134,160

Polk School District median · $84,855

Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Georgia range relative to the national one.

Computed over the 11 of 13 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.

Median total compensation for this role at Polk School District is $76,820, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.

Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.

Compare departments

This role across Georgia

Speech-Language Pathologist is held in 164 Georgia departments. In Polk School District, the median of $76,820 ranks #41 of 164.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Atlanta Independent School System

$105,542 · 37

City of Social Circle Board of Education

$102,237 · 2

Treutlen County Board of Education

$93,087 · 1

Cobb County School District

$87,550 · 205

City of Bremen Board of Education

$87,135 · 2

City of Rome Board of Education

$85,501 · 3

Pike County Board of Education

$85,401 · 2

Clayton County Board of Education

$85,055 · 5

Union County Board of Education

$84,834 · 6

Gwinnett County Board of Education

$84,747 · 16

Fulton County Board of Education

$84,609 · 115

Muscogee County Board of Education

$84,330 · 20

Median total compensation for the Speech-Language Pathologist role in other Georgiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Compare jurisdictions

Speech Language Pathologist beyond Georgia

This role is reported in 6 jurisdictions. In Georgia, the median of $73,947 ranks #4 of 6. See Speech Language Pathologist across all of Georgia →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

Texas

$127,581 · 53

City of Boston

$123,192 · 187

Davis School District, Utah

$108,799 · 90

Cook County, Illinois

$12,256 · 9

New York Public Authorities

$4,908 · 16

Median total compensation for comparable Speech Language Pathologist roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.

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