Exactly 60 of Louisiana's 1,300 speech therapy professionals work in Shreveport. Between 2006 and 2010, in Shreveport, there has been a 82% decline in the number of speech therapy professionals. As the number of speech therapy professionals in Shreveport has decreased, overall employment in Shreveport has increased.

• Grey: Louisiana
• Dark Yellow: Shreveport

• Light Blue: Speech Therapy in Shreveport
• Dark Yellow: All Professions in Shreveport

Salaries for speech therapy professionals in Shreveport have increased. Shreveport speech therapy professionals made $62,760 per year, on average, in 2010. The average salary for speech therapy professionals in Shreveport was $45,195 per year, four years earlier in 2006. This growth is faster than the salary trend for all careers in Shreveport.

Speech therapy professionals in Shreveport make a median yearly salary of $66,310. The difference in pay between the speech therapy professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 106%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $40,790 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $83,950 per year.

On average speech therapy professional salaries in Shreveport are lower than salaries earned by their professional counterparts in related professions.

Many of Shreveport's speech therapy professionals are graduates of the only accredited speech therapy school in the city.

Shreveport's speech therapy school offers one speech therapy degree and certificate program.

In 2010 approximately 6 students completed speech therapy courses.