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AgeRight Therapy
Dekalb, Illinois

Speech Language Pathologist

Speech-Language PathologistFull-Time

Listed compensation

$50-$60/hr

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Job Description

Speech-Language Pathologist

AgeRight Therapy – Dekalb Nursing Home

What You'll Love About AgeRight Therapy

  • Dedicated documentation time, and generous PTO/Choice Time (4 weeks) with Cash Out options
  • Use of Modality Equipment and Technology

Annual Performance Reviews with Performance-based Increases

  • Access professional development resources, including free CEUs and career advancement opportunities within the AgeRight Therapy network
  • Build long-term financial security with a 401(k) Plan that includes Employer Matching

Minimum Qualifications

  • Graduate from accredited education program with the appropriate degrees in Speech-Language Pathology
  • Current state licensure -or- in the process of obtaining appropriate state licensure

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in Post-Acute care preferred

Responsibilities

Apply a transformative approach to therapy, leveraging clinical data to craft personalized care plans that align with your core strengths as a therapist.

Utilize AgeRight Therapy’s evidence-based clinical programs and pathways to ensure optimal patient outcomes

Be a Champion of the Journey by maximizing function in physical, emotional, social, and cognitive realms for patients, families, co-workers, and self.

Join us as an Speech-Language Pathologist and take your therapy career to new heights! Dekalb Nursing Home is partnered with AgeRight Therapy, offering an exceptional opportunity for a therapist like you to be a part of a dynamic team.

As a Speech-Language Pathologist with AgeRight Therapy, you’ll be delivering person-centered care to grateful and highly motivated patients, many of them seniors, helping them achieve therapy goals and a higher quality of life.

About AgeRight Therapy

AgeRight Therapy is a part of Marquis Companies and Consonus Healthcare, together providing a continuum of senior care from skilled nursing to assisted living, memory care, and independent living. With AgeRight Therapy, you’ll be joining a team located across multiple facilities and states with one purpose that unites us all—to be champions of every journey.

In addition to a wide variety of career opportunities, we offer a comprehensive benefit package, talk to a recruiter to learn more today!

  • Salary Range: $50-$60 /hr
  • Wage ranges listed take into consideration candidate’s professional experience, location of the position, and status of the position.
  • Benefits vary depending on status of hire

EEO Statement

“Be here. Be you.”

For more than 30 years, Marquis Companies and Consonus Healthcare have been serving seniors and welcoming staff of all backgrounds, skills, and perspectives. The Marquis family of companies offer a rich heritage of embracing differences and honoring individuality. We’ve continued to grow in our appreciation of diversity in the workplace. We know it builds strength, drives innovation, and brings valuable new perspectives and energy.

We’re committed to making our workforce an even greater reflection of the people and communities we serve, and we are honored our employees have chosen to work at Marquis and Consonus. Everything we do as a company is driven by our mission to help those we serve, and each other, live the best rest of our lives.

That means you being you – without apology or compromise. We value your every uniqueness and continue to curate, nurture, and sustain an inclusive culture. It’s the foundation of who we are and the evolution of our collective future.

Requirements

Candidates must have graduated from an accredited Speech-Language Pathology program and hold or be in the process of obtaining state licensure. Experience in post-acute care is preferred.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Clinical documentationPatient careEvidence-based practiceRehabilitationTherapy planningGeriatric care

Speech-Language Pathologist Career Context

Of the 40 active Speech-Language Pathology listings this role was benchmarked against, 15% are remote, 63% have no call, 45% require no weekends.

Speech-Language Pathology pay on WeekdayDoc is up 4.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).

Speech-Language Pathology by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$104k–$125kSpeech-Language Pathology median $89k (middle half $89k–$96k)11 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$114k in purchasing powerIllinois index 100.0 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Speech-Language Pathology listings in Illinois178 active6,857 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 15% remote · 63% no call · 45% no weekends40 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedIllinois Speech-Language Pathologist listings: 15% state a sign-on bonus (median $5k) · 8% offer loan repayment209 active listings, Nov 2026
New Speech-Language Pathology listings2,529 in the last 30 days1,249 the 30 days before (+102%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Speech-Language Pathology pay trend+4.3% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top Speech Language Pathologist Jobs

25 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

25 jobs · 20 employers
6
<$100k
1
$105k
13
$125k-150k
4
$150k-175k
1
$187k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

19 jobs
401k / retirement match
79% this job
CME allowance
47% this job
Loan repayment
21%
Relocation assistance
21%
Sign-on bonus
16%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Speech Language Pathologist ContractorContract

Cole Health · Schertz, Texas

$80-$90/hr
#2

Speech and Language PathologistContract

Enspire Consulting Group · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

$70-$80/hr
#3

Pediatric Outpatient Speech Pathologist

$49.36-$78.25/hr
#4

Speech Language Pathologist, SLP

$65-$75/hr
+ 23 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 2.4
Better work-life than 40% of Speech Language Pathology listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,747 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About AgeRight Therapy

Benefits & Perks

Dedicated documentation time
Generous PTO/Choice Time (4 weeks) with Cash Out options
Modality Equipment and Technology
Annual Performance Reviews with performance-based increases
Free CEUs
401(k) with Employer Matching

Living in DeKalb

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$258k
Typical market rent
$1,320/mo
Residents’ average commute
24 min
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

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

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