State comparison · 2025
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors salary: Alaska vs Mississippi
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors in Alaska earn a median of $80,770. In Mississippi, $46,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 46% — not 71.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+71.9%
Alaska vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+46%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors
- Median
- $80,770
- p25
- $65,710
- p75
- $97,960
- p10
- $58,240
- p90
- $114,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
Mississippi
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors
- Median
- $46,990
- p25
- $38,760
- p75
- $58,560
- p10
- $32,770
- p90
- $77,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.