State comparison · 2025
Rehabilitation Counselors salary: Alabama vs North Dakota
Rehabilitation Counselors in North Dakota earn a median of $63,050. In Alabama, $54,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.1% — not 14.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-14.3%
Alabama vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-14.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Rehabilitation Counselors
- Median
- $54,040
- p25
- $41,260
- p75
- $72,490
- p10
- $35,230
- p90
- $80,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
North Dakota
Rehabilitation Counselors
- Median
- $63,050
- p25
- $60,640
- p75
- $70,690
- p10
- $58,190
- p90
- $76,120
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.