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Speech-language pathologist licence
A master's degree, a supervised clinical fellowship and a national exam, for one of the highest employed-share figures on this site.
Yini izindleko ukuthola — ingxenye ephakathi kwesigaba.
Inyanga yoqeqesho, isikhathi esigcwele. Isikhathi esincane sithatha isikhathi eside.
Amasonto emali edingekayo ukukhokhela le zindleko. Akufanele kube amasonto kuze kube udlule phambili ngazo zonke — isikhathi soqeqesho esiphezulu siqala kuqala.
Umsuka: US Department of Education, College Scorecard, Field of Study data, 2026 · isithombe
Yini lenani lemali, nokuthi yini engasekho
The federal programme code here, CIP 51.02, covers speech-language pathology together with audiology. At master's level it is overwhelmingly speech-language pathology, because audiology moved to a clinical doctorate, so the blending is mild — but it is blending. That range is median cumulative FEDERAL LOAN DEBT at completion, not a tuition sticker price and not total cost. It is what completers actually borrowed, so it excludes grants, savings, family money, employer funding and living costs — which makes it a FLOOR on what the credential costs, never a ceiling. The low and high figures are the 25th and 75th percentiles across the institutions that report a figure for this programme, so a quarter of institutions sit below the low end. College Scorecard pools two award years into each figure; the release used here is dated 10 June 2026.
Two years of full-time graduate study after a bachelor's degree, then a supervised clinical fellowship of about nine months and the Praxis examination before full licensure.
State licences renew every one to two years; ASHA certification requires 30 hours of continuing education every three years and an annual fee.
Ingabe abantu abaningi bagcina lokhu, futhi bangaki abasebenza kule ndawo
Inani elishiya umlinganiso womsebenzi ngaphandle
I- 216,272 ASHA-certified speech-language pathologists in the United States i-%s 2025, i-akhawunti ye-akhawunti 183,390 isebenza ezimbonini ezizo — 84.8%. Okushiya 32,882 i-Akhawunti
Lo mkhuba ukhona futhi ukhona futhi ukhona. Ukubamba igunya akuyona into efanayo njengokubheka umsebenzi ngaleyo. Ibanga liqukethe wonke umuntu osuka ku-management, ukuqeqesha, ukuthengisa, ukuhlola noma umsebenzi ophathelene nedatha yezwe efile ngaphansi komsebenzi ohlukile; wonke umuntu osuka noma washiya ngaphandle kokunikela igunya; wonke umuntu osebenza isikhathi esincane, inhlangano noma osebenza ngokwakhe ngendlela ucwaningo lomsebenzi alutholakali; futhi wonke umuntu ogcina njengentambo yesithathu kusinye umsebenzi. Ngakho ibanga liyi-CEILING mayelana nokuthi abantu abaningi abaqeqeshiwe abasebenzanga kule ndawo — isithombe sangempela siphansi, futhi akuyona ukubala kwanoma ngubani ongekho emisebenzini. Okuthi iqembu liyibeke yisayizi ye-pool isithombe semali esishicilelwe sikhala, okuyinto engakhokhwa iwebhusayithi ibonisa wena.
Izingxenye ezimbili zihlala zibala. Abanikazi ngesonto elilodwa elingasebenzi ngesikhathi - uhlobo olufanayo lobukhulu, okuyinto isizathu kuphela ezimbini zingahlukaniswa ngaso sonke isikhathi.
Igama le-akhawunti: People, from ASHA's year-end count of 218,646 speech-language pathologists, less the 2,374 based outside the United States. Audiologists are counted separately and are not in this number. One caveat travels with it: ASHA is a membership and certification body, not a licensing board, so this is a count of people holding its certificate rather than of people licensed by a state. The two overlap heavily — the certificate is the usual basis for state licensure — but they are not the same set, and it includes people certified and not working.
Isibalo: ASHA-certified speech-language pathologists in the United States = 216,272 (Standing count of people holding the credential, as at 31 December 2025) · ASHA, 2025 Member and Affiliate Profile, Tables 1 and 3 · isithombe
This is one of the tighter pairings on the site, and the reason is that almost everyone who practises holds the ASHA certificate — it is the usual basis for a state licence rather than a parallel credential. The remainder is mostly people certified and not currently working, plus a smaller number practising under a state licence without maintaining ASHA certification, who push the true figure the other way.
Yini ekwenzeke kubantu abaqedile ukuqeqeshwa
Iminyaka emihlanu ngemuva kokuqedwa — isithombe sekhodi yephrojekthi, hhayi le misebenzi kuphela
noma 11,235 abantu abaqedile Communication disorders (speech and hearing), master's degree futhi bebengafundanga iminyaka emine ngemuva kwalokho, 249 ayikho imali engenayo ebhalwe phansi — 2.2%. Abasebenza bathola umphakathi we-R1 100 000 $67,030, ngengxenye ephakathi phakathi $53,057 futhi $82,358.
“Akukho inzuzo ebhalwe phansi” akuyona “imisebenzi engasebenzi”. Umbiko we-2015 we-National Statistics Office (NSO) ukhombisa ukuthi i-10% yabasebenzi base-Afrika abasebenza ezweni lonke basebenza ngaphansi kwe-10% yemali ekhokhwa yi-NHS. Umbiko ubonisa ukuthi i-NHS ikhokhela i-10% yabasebenzi base-Afrika abasebenza ngaphansi kwe-10% yemali ekhokhwa yi-NHS. Umbiko ukhombisa ukuthi i-NHS ikhokhela i-10% yabasebenzi base-Afrika abasebenza ngaphansi kwe-10% yemali ekhokhwa yi-NHS. Umbiko ubonisa ukuthi i-NHS ikhokhela i-10% yabasebenzi base-Afrika abasebenza ngaphansi kwe-10% yemali ekhokhwa yi-NHS.
Le nombolo ayifani nemisebenzi enjalo. I-Federal government ishicilela izimpendulo zezinhlelo ezingenalutho, futhi lezi zinhlelo zihlanganisa ikhodi labo nabanye. Ngakho-ke, isithombe sichaza wonke umuntu oqedile noma yini ngaphansi kwalo khodi kulo mqondo, hhayi abantu abahamba phambili ukwenza le misebenzi kuphela.
Igama lephrojekthi: CIP 51.02 covers speech-language pathology and audiology together. At master's level it is overwhelmingly speech-language pathology, because audiology moved to a clinical doctorate; at bachelor's level it is a pre-professional degree that qualifies you for neither on its own, which is worth knowing before enrolling.
Obani abakhona: completers abatholayo usizo lokufunda i-federal - cishe ingxenye yabafundi base-US, futhi enye ingxenye ayilinganisiwe lapha. Abantu abaye bafunda kabanzi bakhona emkhakheni othile. I-Isikhungo sicindezela izinhlangano ezinezinhlaka ezincane kakhulu zokushicilela futhi singeza umsindo we-statistics eqenjini, ngakho lokhu kuyinani elingaphezulu kwezinhlangano ezikhulu ngokwanele ukukhombisa: 223 100% 93.2% i-10% yemali ekhokhwa yi-IFP ezweni lonke Ukususa ama-program ancane kakhulu olwazisa ahamba nezinga 0.0 amaphuzu
Umsuka: US Department of Education, College Scorecard, Field of Study data, 2026 — release of 10 June 2026; measured four years after completion · isithombe · isithombe esifanayo sohlelo ngalunye esikwazi ukushicilela
Izinto ezikuvumela ukuthi ukwenze
Imali ihlobene nemisebenzi, hhayi negunya. Lawa msebenzi akusho ukuthi ufanele usebenze.
| Imisebenzi | Ingabe kudingeka? | I-median | Abasebenza |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speech-Language Pathologists | Legally required to hold the job | $97,870 | 183,390 |
Imali ephakathi nemisebenzi: I-BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
Ingabe ikhokhela ngokwayo?
Umsebenzi ovula lokhu ukhokha umphakathi we $97,870. I-median elinganiselwe ngomsebenzi esuka kuwo wonke umsebenzi esiwushicilelayo $50,020, ngakho ipremiyamu yokuphatha lokhu kukhulunywa $47,850 unyaka ngaphambi kwezimali.
Funda lokhu njengelinganiso kumsebenzi ojwayelekile, hhayi kumsebenzi wakho. Yini le sisekelo, nokuthi yini eshiya ngaphandle
futhi icabanga ukuthi uthola umsebenzi. Wonke umbhalo wokukhokha emuva kule sayithi uhambisana nokusebenza. Lokhu kuyisinqumo sokuba umsebenzisi ogunyaziwe uthola ubalo phezulu ukhona ukubheka, futhi kuyisinqumo sokuba wonke amanye amasayithi okukhokha akwenza ngokucophelela.
Odingayo ngaphambi kokuqala
- A bachelor's degree, with prerequisite coursework if it was in another field
- A place on an accredited master's programme
- A supervised clinical fellowship
- A pass in the Praxis examination in speech-language pathology
Ungayenzi lokhu uma
- you need to start earning immediately — the clinical fellowship year is paid, but at a fraction of the licensed rate
- you are assuming school employment means school holidays on full pay; most school contracts are for the academic year only
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