To meet rising costs caused by inflation, ASHA will change its dues for the 2025 membership year. Certified Member dues will rise to $250 (a $25 increase) beginning in 2025. Some types of membership and affiliation will also increase 11%. Initial application fees for new professionals will be reduced.
The updated membership dues structure is outlined below.
General Information About the Dues Increase
Financials
Membership
Certification
Advocacy
ASHA Dues and Fees | |
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Category | 2025 Price |
Certified member | $250 |
Graduate student certified member | $150 |
Member without certification | $90 |
Certified nonmember | $221 |
Life member | $71 |
International affiliate | $75 |
Certified assistant | $125 |
ASHA Discount Application Fees | |
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Application Type | 2025 Fee |
New Professional Membership Package | $490 |
NSSLHA to ASHA Membership Conversion Discount | $240 |
Payment for the 2025 membership year is due by December 31, 2024. You can pay your 2025 ASHA dues beginning in September 2024.
As of 2025, ASHA’s dues are as follows:
The ASHA Board of Directors (BOD) votes to set dues every year. This year, the Financial Planning Board (FPB) recommended dues increases to meet rising costs. After careful analysis, the BOD approved the FPB’s recommendation.
We’ve continued to work diligently with our members to find ways to mitigate increasing costs for the past 15 years, but rising inflation and operational costs have finally made it necessary for a membership dues increase.
According to the Consumer Price Index Inflation Calculator, $225 in 2009 has the same buying power as $327.20 today. By not increasing dues for 15 years, ASHA has been absorbing the cumulative cost of inflation.
Membership and certification dues go toward supporting advocacy for the betterment of professionals, existing programs, services, resources, and products and infrastructure updates (including increased investment in cybersecurity protections to ensure the security of member data). ASHA’s advocacy positively impacts the practice of our certified members in both professions.
ASHA’s operating budget has 29% allotted to professional development, education and support. 28% goes towards day-to-day organization operations, 12% towards communications, 11% towards advocacy efforts, 9% to research and academic affairs, 8% to professional setting standards, and 3% to scholarly publications.
We’ve continued to work diligently with our members to find ways to mitigate increasing costs for the past 15 years, but rising inflation and operational costs have finally made it necessary for a membership dues increase.
According to the Consumer Price Index Inflation Calculator, $225 in 2009 has the same buying power as $327.20 today. By not increasing dues for 15 years, ASHA has been absorbing the cumulative cost of inflation.
Membership and certification dues go toward supporting advocacy for the betterment of professionals, existing programs, services, resources, and products and infrastructure updates (including increased investment in cybersecurity protections to ensure the security of member data).
ASHA’s operating budget has 29% allotted to professional development, education and support. 28% goes towards day-to-day organization operations, 12% towards communications, 11% towards advocacy efforts, 9% to research and academic affairs, 8% to professional setting standards, and 3% to scholarly publications.
ASHA recognizes the need to ease barriers to resources for early-career professionals. ASHA made this choice to encourage and invest in the new audiologists and speech-language pathologists joining our community.
We have not turned off comments on our social media posts and are leaving all comments on our posts visible, except for those that include profanity or bullying violations against other members and comments that violate our community guidelines.
We did turn off our Facebook reviews because of misinformation and inaccuracies being included in reviews.
We do not control Google reviews, but Google uses automated spam detection measures and will remove reviews that they classify as spam.
For information on how ASHA’s revenue is allocated, and what you get for your dues, please visit Understanding Where Your ASHA Dues Money Goes.
Except for the ASHA chief executive officer (CEO), who is a non-voting member of the BOD, ASHA Board members are unpaid volunteers. Board members must be current ASHA members. Their member dues are not compensated by the Association. Although the Board does receive reimbursement for required travel undertaken as part of their official duties, they receive no compensation for their volunteer work.
Dues for the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) are $295 annually. The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) recently started offering three tiers of membership; their middle (most popular) tier is $229 annually. Both fees cover membership only. Certification is an additional cost.
ASHA offers both certification and membership to support audiology and speech-language pathology professionals. We understand the challenges that are impacting professionals, and we continuously advocate for policies that will positively improve the professions. We focus on transforming lives by ensuring our certificate holders and members have the resources to provide accessible and quality care for all. ASHA members have access to information needed to stay up to date on the latest developments and issues within the audiology and speech pathology field.
Additionally, ASHA advocates for the things that matter most to its certificate holders and members. Its core goal is to serve its members and ensure the safety and security of the profession now and in the future. We fight for increased pay, reimbursement and better working conditions.
Certified members play a crucial role in driving the direction of the association. As a certified member, you have a say in the association via voting rights, committees, boards and councils, survey group access and further contributions to organization priorities.
A summary of your ASHA benefits is below. To make sure you’re taking full advantage of ASHA’s support, visit your ASHA member benefits webpage.
ASHA is committed to collaborating with members to advocate for your needs, promote your work’s value, and provide trusted practical tools. As a member, you have access to a deep network to help you problem-solve.
If you want to advocate for an issue, if you want to talk through a professional challenge in a one-on-one consultation, or if you wish you had a specific tool to make your work easier, contact ASHA’s Action Center. We’ll connect you to ASHA’s supports. Your question may inspire a new resource!
ASHA Certification | ASHA Membership |
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Reflects that an individual has met and continues to meet independent national standards and best practices | Community |
Standards are developed and validated by peers working in the professions | Member-specific professional resources (e.g., mentorship, ASHA Career Portal) |
Consistent standards recognized nationwide | Discounts on ASHA resources |
Easy pathway to state licensure and, importantly, multiple state licensure | Journal access |
Justification for potential compensation differential | Professional liability insurance and other bonus benefit discounts |
Standards are updated every 5-8 years by the peer group with input from certificants and constituents | A voice in shaping the professions and the work of the Association |
Generally, not required for practice |
ASHA also offers discounted rates for graduate student members and those members who meet the criteria for Life membership, as well as International Affiliation and Assistant Certification.
ASHA expenses support certified clinicians (including those who do not hold ASHA membership) and educators (including members without certification). Because of the overlap between these two groups, we can offer a package discount to those who want to be certified members.
Yes! All ASHA members have free access to all four of ASHA’s scholarly journals as a benefit of their membership. The four scholarly journals include the following:
The scholarly review journal, Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, is available only to those who are current Special Interest Group (SIG) affiliates. If you are a member of any of ASHA’s 20 SIGs, you have access to all Perspectives content.
If you are a current ASHA member and are unable to access ASHA journals, please make sure that you are logged in to your ASHA account. If you are still having trouble, please contact the Action Center.
We understand the importance of continuing education for maintaining licensure and certification and for staying current in the professions of audiology and speech-language pathology. Although ASHA does offer a variety of continuing education opportunities—including webinars, courses, and events—we typically do not provide free courses for ASHA CEUs.
However, we want to assure you that ASHA strives to offer affordable, accessible continuing education options for our members. We offer discounted rates on many of our professional development resources. We host free or low-cost events and webinars for members. If you are unable to pay for any professional development programs, please apply for the ASHA Learning Pass Hardship Access.
We also encourage you to check out CEFind to search for continuing education from hundreds of approved providers.
The Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) reflects that you have met and continue to meet a national set of standards and are committed to an ethical code of conduct that is consistent across states. As a practical matter, it also eases the burden of practicing in multiple states and conducting teletherapy. Without national certification standards, existing challenges to the professions—including concerns related to reimbursement and salary issues, as well as scope creep—may increase.
Holding the CCC indicates that you as a clinican have met either the Standards for the CCC-A and/or the Standards for the CCC-SLP, which are the product of both qualitative and quantitative data collection from subject-matter experts following best practices in standards-setting and are regularly reviewed to ensure that they meet current practice requirements.
ASHA Certification | State Licensure |
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Reflects that an individual has met and continues to meet independent ASHA’s scope of practice and the national standards while abiding by the government code of ethics | Grants legal authority to practice |
Standards are developed and validated by peers working in the professions | Criteria is developed by state legislature |
Consistent standards recognized nationwide | Criteria varies by state |
Easy pathway to state licensure and, importantly, multiple state licensure | License is only valid in the state in which it was issued |
Justification for potential compensation differential | No compensation benefits for employers |
Standards are updated every 5-8 years by the peer group with input from certificants and constituents | Can be changed or eliminated at any time by the state legislature |
Generally, not required for practice | Required for practice |
To become a certificate holder only, you may do so by contacting the Action Center. Please note that when resigning from or dropping your ASHA membership and/or certification, refunds are not permitted after January 1 for the year in which the fees apply.
If you make the switch now, you will lose access to all member benefits, and you will be invoiced for just the cost of certification for your 2025 renewal.
A few things to keep in mind when making the decision to drop membership:
Through yearly Capitol Hill Days and expert government affairs teams, we fight for what matters most for our certificate holders and members: fair pay, managing caseloads, the interstate compact, telehealth access and more.
Our best advocates—and most effective changemakers—are our certificate holders and members. As a certified ASHA member, Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) professionals can participate in committees, boards, councils, and special interest groups that address the most pressing issues facing the CSD field.
Certificate holders and members can participate in surveys to inform the professions and association activities and provide powerful data for advocacy work. They can also strengthen the association through many additional volunteer opportunities.
For the latest advocacy news and updates, visit Advocacy News
ASHA is committed to supporting school-based SLPs and to advocating for fair wages.
Here are some ways in which ASHA is working to help increase wages for school-based SLPs:
ASHA is committed to advocating for fair wages and supporting school-based SLPs in their efforts to achieve professional success and financial security. We are and will continue to be tireless in our efforts to ensure that school-based SLPs receive the compensation they deserve.
ASHA works to advocate for state legislation that proposes salary supplements for educational audiologists and school-based SLPs. This work is done in partnership with state associations (see “How Does ASHA Work with State Associations?”)
ASHA believes in the CCC and the standard of practice that it signifies. Before state licensure, the CCC afforded state licensure, government agencies, and employers the assurance of quality and accountability for service delivery and health plan provider enrollment in the states. ASHA’s CCC offers indicators of quality and training that may not always be consistently required across states, including compelling certificate holders to abide by an ethical code of conduct and requiring professional development in ethics and ethical decision making, as well as cultural competency, cultural humility, culturally responsive practice, and diversity, equity, and inclusion. The CCC also provides clinicians with the portability afforded by a national standard of training and education; if a certified clinician moves from one state to another, the CCC requirements remain uniform and can provide an efficient means to demonstrate standards when individual state licensing requirements differ. The CCC also protects against changes in state licensure standards due to deregulation of licensing requirements in different professions. Some state licensing laws mimic those of ASHA’s standards for the CCC, and some do not. ASHA recommends the CCC at the state level to align with statutes already in place that require the CCC.
Ensuring consistency and agreement in licensure requirements across states further supports our efforts to continue adding states to the Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact (ASLP-IC), which will offer advantages to audiologists and SLPs by reducing costs and easing the burden of practicing in multiple states.
ASHA and state associations work together to advocate at the state level. Every state association has direct access to ASHA’s State Affairs team to collaborate on state legislative and regulatory issues. ASHA assists state associations with various activities, including advocacy, member recruitment, and association management. ASHA also supports recognized state associations by:
We encourage everyone to join and remain active with their state association.
The ASHA Political Action Committee (ASHA-PAC) has an established contribution criteria and considers politicians’ stances and statements on relevant federal legislative issues that impact audiologists and SLPs. ASHA-PAC also supports legislators whose leadership and committee roles position them to influence the success of ASHA’s legislative priorities. ASHA-PAC donations go directly to the congressional campaigns of candidates who support legislation that benefits ASHA members, your students, your clients, and your patients.
ASHA-PAC is funded by member donations—not member dues. The decision to support the political action committee’s work on behalf of members is up to you. However, not one cent of membership dues go to the ASHA-PAC.
Advocacy | Lobbying |
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Focuses on promoting a cause or issue though education | Involves direct communication with policymakers to influence specific legislation and/or regulations at different levels of government |