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Speech-language pathologist salary in Iowa

Open speech-language pathologist jobs in Iowa post a median of $42.25 an hour, the middle half $41.78–$49.13 (about $87,900 a year full time), $12.75 below the national posted median. From 8 jobs at 6 employers that state their pay.

$42.25
Median posted /hr
$41.78–$49.13
Middle half /hr
$87,900
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$38.97
BLS median in IA
May 2025

The jobs themselves: Speech-language pathologist jobs in Iowa · Speech-language pathologist pay nationwide

What speech-language pathologists are paid in Iowa

Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint).

Median $42.25 an hour. Middle half $41.78 to $49.13. Tap a bar for its count.

Posted hourly rates of 8 open jobs in Iowa. Lowest posted $32.25, highest $75.

Posted on open jobs in Iowa

$41.78–$49.13/hr

Middle half of 8 distinct posted rates (a job posted many times at one rate counted once), median $42.25. 17% of the 48 open speech-language pathologist jobs in Iowa state an hourly rate.

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Speech-language pathologist pay by employer in Iowa

What each employer posts for speech-language pathologists here, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first.

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
Sanford Health$42.25$32.50–$523
Prestige Care of Fairfield$75$751
Cassia$60$45–$751
Evolve Therapy Services$45.50$36–$551
Avera Health$40.38$32.25–$48.501
Great River Health$39.37$39.371

Median of each employer's jobs in Iowa (a range at its midpoint), and its lowest and highest rate here. An employer's name opens its pay for speech-language pathologists nationwide when it has such a page.

Jobs that state a yearly salary

Measured on their own, never converted to hourly.

6 open jobs in Iowa state a yearly salary: a median of $96,500, the middle half $96,500 to $100,200.

Best-paid open speech-language pathologist jobs in Iowa

The open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight, at most two from one employer.

What BLS measures in Iowa

What people employed in the occupation earned in the state, at every level of experience, from the BLS survey. A posting advertises what a new hire is offered.

Hourly wages, BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Iowa. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Speech-Language Pathologists (29-1127)$30.42 (source: BLS OEWS, Speech-Language Pathologists, opens in a new tab)$33.88 (source: BLS OEWS, Speech-Language Pathologists, opens in a new tab)$38.97 (source: BLS OEWS, Speech-Language Pathologists, opens in a new tab)$46.14 (source: BLS OEWS, Speech-Language Pathologists, opens in a new tab)$51.19 (source: BLS OEWS, Speech-Language Pathologists, opens in a new tab)1,540 (source: BLS OEWS, Speech-Language Pathologists, opens in a new tab)

BLS median by metro area

Speech-language pathologist salary in Iowa: common questions

How much does a speech-language pathologist make in Iowa?

Open speech-language pathologist jobs in Iowa that state an hourly rate post a median of $42.25, the middle half $41.78–$49.13 (8 jobs from 6 employers). Full time that is about $87,900 a year. BLS measured a median of $38.97/hr ($81,050 a year) for people employed in the occupation in Iowa (May 2025).

How does Iowa compare with the rest of the country?

The posted median in Iowa ($42.25) is $12.75 below the national posted median of $55. In the BLS survey Iowa ranks 43 of 52 by median wage.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 8 of 48 open speech-language pathologist jobs in Iowa (17%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

Speech-language pathologist pay in other states

Speech-language pathologist salary nationwide →Every healthcare salary →The Physical, Occupational, Speech & Respiratory Therapy job market report →Posted pay against BLS wages →Iowa pay against its minimum wage →

Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used, a range at its midpoint. In the state's median and middle half each employer's advertised range counts once, so an employer posting one range in many towns does not set the figure; a town's median follows the same rule. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates far from the occupation's median are left out. A state has a page while at least 8 jobs from 3 employers state a rate there. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours. BLS figures are as published.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 29, 2026
  2. BLS OEWS May 2025: Speech-Language Pathologists (SOC 29-1127), every state, published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Speech-Language Pathologists, national, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Speech-Language Pathologists by metropolitan area, published May 15, 2026

Cite this page

CareJobs.Now. (2026). Speech-language pathologist salary in Iowa. Data as of October 29, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/speech-language-pathologist/iowa

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