State comparison · 2025
Rehabilitation Counselors salary: Alaska vs New Jersey
Rehabilitation Counselors in Alaska earn a median of $61,590. In New Jersey, $49,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.6% — not 23.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.8%
Alaska vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+31.6%
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
New Jersey
Rehabilitation Counselors
- Median
- $49,730
- p25
- $45,050
- p75
- $69,740
- p10
- $39,700
- p90
- $92,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.