Speech-Language Pathology (SLP)
Listed compensation
$50.16/hr
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
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Job Description
- Job Id: T-SLP-45468
- Profession: Allied Health
- Specialty: Speech-Language Pathology
- Job Type: Contract/Travel
- Start Date: Oct 12, 2026
- Duration: 13 weeks
- Location: Tuscon, AZ
- Setting: Long-Term Care
- Shift Type: Days
- Shift Schedule: 8H Day; 35 hrs/week
- Rate: Local: $50.16/hr; $1,755.62/35-hours
- Travel: $52.11/hr; $1,823.87/35-hours
Requirements
- Master’s Degree in Speech-Language Pathology.
- State SLP license.
- Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology
- Strong communication and teamwork skills
- BLS Certification
Key Responsibilities
Provide speech-language pathology services in a long-term care setting. Collaborate with the healthcare team to ensure effective patient care.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Speech-Language Pathologist Career Context
Of the 40 active Speech-Language Pathology listings this role was benchmarked against, 3% are remote, 38% have no call, 55% require no weekends.
Speech-Language Pathology pay on WeekdayDoc is up 6.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Arizona is 100.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$106k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $106k in an average-cost state. 60.3% of Arizona clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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Annual compensation range
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Up to $140,000Work-life snapshot
Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,765 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.
Living in Tucson
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $322k
- Typical market rent
- $1,425/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 22 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 96.9
- State income tax
- Up to 2.5%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Tucson, AZ metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.