Speech-language pathologists held about 110,000 jobs in 2006. About half
were employed in educational services, primarily in preschools and
elementary and secondary schools. Others were employed in hospitals; offices
of other health practitioners, including speech-language pathologists;
nursing care facilities; home health care services; individual and family
services; outpatient care centers; and child day care centers.
A few
speech-language pathologists are self-employed in private practice. They
contract to provide services in schools, offices of physicians, hospitals,
or nursing care facilities, or work as consultants to industry.
Source: Bureau of Labor
Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook
Handbook, 2008-09 Edition
