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Speech therapist and audiologist

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3/5

Key facts

+10.7%jobs, 2025 to 2035
United States

Employment in this job is holding up or growing in the United States, but it is highly exposed to AI. AI exposure: very low according to the ILO, high according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +10.7% (BLS). Working well with AI is becoming an asset.

The job

Audiologists and speech therapists (ISCO 2266). Audiologists and speech therapists evaluate, manage and treat physical disorders affecting human hearing, speech, communication and swallowing.

Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.

25 job titles linked to this page

Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.

  • audiological scientist
  • audiologist
  • audiology expert
  • audiology scientist
  • audiology specialist
  • expert in audiology
  • hearing aid audiologist
  • language therapist
  • language therapy practitioner
  • logopaedics therapist
  • logopaedist
  • paediatric audiologist
  • paediatric speech and language therapist
  • paediatric speech therapist
  • practitioner in speech and language therapy
  • psychomotor specialist
  • senior audiologist
  • specialist in audiology
  • specialist speech and language therapist
  • speech and language therapist
  • speech pathologist
  • speech therapist
  • speech therapy practitioner
  • speech-language pathologist
  • technical audiologist

Training

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Gauges

Risk 3/5 · Moderate
AI exposureHighBLS AI exposure category "high" (2026), higher than the ILO 2025 index (very low)
Employment outlookStrong growthBLS, 2025-2035 projections (Speech-language pathologists; Healthcare support workers, all other; Audiologists)
Hiring difficultyNot availableNo US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job
PayHighBLS, 2025 median annual wage: $80,693
EntryLongBLS, typical education needed for entry

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Sources

Checked on 27 October 2026.