Speech Language Pathologist

Speech-Language PathologistFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

The primary responsibilities of the Speech Language Pathologist is to provide skilled speech-language evaluation and treatment to infants, children, and adolescents to improve communication, speech, language, feeding, and swallowing skills. The therapist will collaborate with families, caregivers, and interdisciplinary teams to develop individualized treatment plans that support each child’s communication and functional development.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Evaluate and treat children from birth to age 21 for speech, language, oral motor, feeding, voice, fluency, articulation, or social communication disorders to achieve highest level of functioning and prevent regression.

Work closely with patients caregivers and the interdisciplinary team to develop and implement individualized treatment plans.

Accurately document treatment sessions as well as progress or evaluation reports in detail.

Maintains professional/technical competencies and proficiencies for job responsibilities and upholds federal/state licensure and ethical expectations.

Requirements

Education/Licenses:?

Masters degree in Speech Language Pathology and hold an applicable and current, unrestricted license to practice (or in the process of obtaining license). New Grads welcome!

Experience & Skills

Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.

Physical Needs

  • Ability to travel to other APT locations as needed
  • Ability to move freely in office or any other areas where treatment is provided (ex. Contract site or home visits)
  • Ability to lift up to 15 pounds
  • Ability to sit for brief to extended periods of time and work on computer

Key Responsibilities

Evaluate and treat children from birth through age 21 for speech, language, oral motor, feeding, voice, fluency, articulation, and social communication needs. Collaborate with families, caregivers, and interdisciplinary teams to create individualized treatment plans and document evaluations, treatment sessions, and progress.

Key Skills

Speech-Language TreatmentPediatric TherapySpeech DisordersLanguage DisordersOral Motor TherapyFeeding TherapySwallowing TherapyVoice TherapyFluency TherapyArticulation TherapyIndividualized Treatment PlanningClinical Documentation

Speech-Language Pathologist Career Context

In Tennessee, the Speech-Language Pathology weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$92k (52 salary observations; 311 listings), vs ~$98k nationally (4,959 salary observations; 19,375 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 50 active Speech-Language Pathology listings this role was benchmarked against, 10% are remote, 52% have no call, 52% require no weekends.

Speech-Language Pathology pay on WeekdayDoc is up 4.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Tennessee is 91.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 58.6% of Tennessee clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

Tennessee has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

Top Speech Language Pathologist Jobs

43 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution37 jobs · 33 employers

11
<$105k
8
$105k-125k
8
$125k-145k
9
$145k-165k
1
$166k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks37 jobs · 33 employers

401k / retirement match
81%
CME allowance
57%
Sign-on bonus
11%
Loan repayment
11%
Relocation assistance
11%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Speech Language PathologistContract

Thera Peds · Conifer, Colorado

$65-$80/hr
#2

Speech Language PathologistContract

Thera Peds · Pawtucket, Rhode Island

$61.5-$75.75/hr
#3

Speech Therapist, SLP, Fl

$65-$75/hr
#4

Speech Therapist

$65-$75/hr
+ 41 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 1.5
Better work-life than 10% of Speech Language Pathology listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,922 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Loudon

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$538k
Typical market rent
$2,123/mo
Residents’ average commute
20 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
92.6
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Knoxville, TN metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.