State comparison · 2025
Rehabilitation Counselors salary: Alaska vs California
Rehabilitation Counselors in Alaska earn a median of $61,590. In California, $44,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 49.7% — not 38.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+38.5%
Alaska vs California
COL-adjusted gap
+49.7%
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
California
Rehabilitation Counselors
- Median
- $44,480
- p25
- $37,560
- p75
- $51,420
- p10
- $35,940
- p90
- $69,260
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.