More speech pathologists will work in private practices as hospitals and other health care facilities, as well as schools, will contract out for services. Speech pathologists earned a median annual salary of $69,870 and median hourly wages of $33.59 in 2012.
It is a unitary state with 16 administrative subdivisions and Warsaw as its capital city. Poland is a representative democracy, with the country ranking among the most peaceful countries in the world. The president of Poland heads the state with the government centered on the Cabinet. The parliament is made up of both the lower (Sejm) and the upper (Senate) houses.
Poland is the eighth largest and most dynamic economy in the European Union, and has achieved a very high ranking on the Human Development Index. Poland is a democratic country, with a high-income economy, and a very high standard of living.