Study: Work satisfaction, pay are worse for those who stutter

People who stutter have lower earnings, experience underemployment and express lower job satisfaction than those who don’t stutter, a new University of Florida study finds.

Led by a UF College of Public Health and Health Professions researcher, the study examined data collected over two decades from people who stutter in order to evaluate how stuttering may affect job-related outcomes over time. Findings appear in the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology.

Income disparities were evident at all income ranges and particularly at the $100,000 annual salary level, where people who stutter were nearly four times less likely than those who don’t to earn $100,000 or more. People who stutter were nearly 25% less likely to report being satisfied in their jobs with dissatisfaction increasing over time.