Exactly 240 of Washington State's 2,270 speech therapy professionals work in Tacoma. Between 2006 and 2010, the number of speech therapy professionals in Tacoma has shrunk by 67%. As the employment for speech therapy professionals in Tacoma has decreased, overall employment in Tacoma has increased.

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Salaries for speech therapy professionals in Tacoma have increased. Tacoma speech therapy professionals made $66,660 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for speech therapy professionals in Tacoma was $45,455 per year. This growth is faster than the salary trend for all careers in Tacoma.

Speech therapy professionals make a median salary of $68,010 per year in Tacoma. The 10% of speech therapy professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $49,720 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 71% higher salaries.

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

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

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

Approximately 11 students graduated from speech therapy courses in 2010.