If earning a master’s degree so you can access a career where the national median salary is $80,480, and the highest paid in the field make more than $122,790, then for most people looking for a practical answer to that question, yes, it is most definitely worth it. But you can’t put a price on the kind of rewards that come from helping a kid struggling with speech and the social challenges that come it get to a place where they can comfortable and confidently articulate their thoughts and needs. That’s an invaluable reward that by itself makes all the hard work involved in becoming an SLP well worth the effort.