Speech Therapy Salaries in South Carolina - SC

By Jennifer Williams, allied health world Contributing Writer
Published: December, 22 2010

According to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, nearly 13,000 residents were hospitalized and discharged for stroke during 2004, accounting for about 2.9% of South Carolina’s total population. As a speech therapist, it is important to understand how the increasing incidence of stroke affects your profession. When stroke occurs on the left side of the brain, it interferes with a patient’s ability to speak and communicate normally; so a portion of those who survive stroke may be referred to a speech language pathologist so that they can re-learn these normal daily functions.

As recently as 2009, the typical speech therapy salaries in South Carolina ranged from $55,990 to $59,950 each year. What was interesting, however, was the difference that a little bit of experience could make. The top 25% of speech therapists made an average of $72,540 that year, while the top 10% raked in more than $90,490.

One other salary-impacting factor to keep in mind is location. Below you will see how different geographic areas can impact annual income levels for speech language pathologists in South Carolina.

• Columbia: $64,430
• Charleston: $68,880
• Greenville: $58,120
• Anderson: $55,920
• Augusta: $65,230
• Florence: $63,940
• Myrtle Beach: $56,890
• Spartanburg: $58,700

Annual salary figures provided by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics