State comparison · 2025
Rehabilitation Counselors salary: California vs North Dakota
Rehabilitation Counselors in North Dakota earn a median of $63,050. In California, $44,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 43.3% — not 29.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-29.5%
California vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-43.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
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.