State comparison · 2025
Rehabilitation Counselors salary: Illinois vs North Dakota
Rehabilitation Counselors in North Dakota earn a median of $63,050. In Illinois, $49,350. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.3% — not 21.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.7%
Illinois vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-30.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Rehabilitation Counselors
- Median
- $49,350
- p25
- $44,620
- p75
- $59,820
- p10
- $37,280
- p90
- $75,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.