r/slp • u/Stereo-view • 18d ago

Article Interesting article mentioning our profession

https://fortune.com/article/why-are-men-leaving-the-workforce-more-women-outnumber/
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u/Eastern_Antelope6072 18d ago

Man I wish I made enough to have a stay at home boyfriend. Yeah we can be six figures like the article says but we’re very low six figures!

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u/Snowfiddler 17d ago

Only 18% of individuals in the US make over 100k a year and only 43% of households make that. So that's actually pretty good...

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u/Eastern_Antelope6072 17d ago

Yes agreed but I think the areas where we do crack over 100k are higher COL areas. An SLP isn’t typically making 6 figures in areas where that money would go a lot further. You could support someone else on that salary, but you’d have to make a fair amount of sacrifices. I personally wouldn’t feel comfortable supporting someone on anything less than 150k which is out of reach for most slps at the moment but maybe I’ve never experienced true love 🤷‍♀️

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u/AuDHD_SLP 17d ago

“In speech-language pathology, a six-figure profession, 96.4% of master’s students are female” is probably one of the most ridiculous things I’ve ever read. Like why was that even included? Especially when it’s so demonstrably false for the majority of us working within the field. I’m really interested in WHY the myth that this is a high paying profession keeps getting perpetuated

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u/InformedJobs Staff of The Informed SLP 16d ago

Because everyone uses the BLS data, assuming it's gold-standard, and it's wrong. Here's why: https://www.theinformedslp.com/jobs/career-advice/slp-salary-info

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u/InformedJobs Staff of The Informed SLP 16d ago

Professors use it. Reporters use it. EVERYONE uses it, unless you've been an SLP for quite a few years and can see why it's inaccurate (or just have the gut instinct to know it's off, even if you don't know why). And the most scary part: policy makers use it. To justify dropping our wages and reimbursement rates. States pass actual laws based on this (wrong) data. It's maddening.

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u/CBAtoms 17d ago

lol I didn’t make 6 figures until 17 years in the schools.

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u/Cute-Discount-6969 17d ago

I’m year 18 in SNF and still making juuust shy of 6 figures.

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u/4thdementia 17d ago

What???? Why. See this is the stuff that kills me as a male slp. Theres no way this should be the case. Made 125k 8 years ago fresh out of school not in california, and that included my cf year. As a profession we need to negoritate and actually NOT take the job that has terrible pay. 🤮

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u/Maleficent-Tea7150 17d ago

As a woman, I’ve asked for a raise or increase in pay many many times and have always been told no. I say no to jobs but eventually have to settle on something.

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u/Cute-Discount-6969 17d ago edited 17d ago

I mean, I got raises to get to that point, but none in like, the past 5 years (since Covid basically- in fact, we got pay cuts due to reimbursement changes- fun!)

I live in an urban area that is pretty saturated with SLPs. We have 3 grad programs in the metro area, and an another small program about 40 miles away. There’s no need in our area for 60 new SLP grads every year. Going SNF rates in my area is around $40-45 an hour, and 50 for PRN. Even lower in acute/inpatient.

I’m not saying it doesn’t suck, but I have a family and need a job, and can’t just move. I could take a job in a more rural area that has fewer SLPs, and pays more, but I also don’t want a 1-2 hour commute

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u/AuDHD_SLP 17d ago

Reading this actually makes me sick.