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Speech-Language Pathologists
Assess and treat persons with speech, language, voice, and fluency disorders. May select alternative communication systems and teach their use. May perform research related to speech and language problems.
What a speech-language pathologist does
Become a speech-language pathologist
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good speech-language pathologist
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
- Reading work related information.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
- Understanding people's reactions.
- Teaching people how to do something.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Wage information is not available. Average annual earnings data is currently unavailable.
Speech-Language Pathologist job outlook
- There are 3,314 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 361 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.