State comparison · 2025
Rehabilitation Counselors salary: Alaska vs Arkansas
Rehabilitation Counselors in Alaska earn a median of $61,590. In Arkansas, $35,210. After cost-of-living, the gap is 48.4% — not 74.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+74.9%
Alaska vs Arkansas
COL-adjusted gap
+48.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Rehabilitation Counselors
- Median
- $61,590
- p25
- $47,820
- p75
- $90,240
- p10
- $44,030
- p90
- $103,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
Arkansas
Rehabilitation Counselors
- Median
- $35,210
- p25
- $27,650
- p75
- $47,430
- p10
- $24,580
- p90
- $70,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.