State comparison · 2025
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors salary: Kansas vs Oregon
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors in Oregon earn a median of $74,590. In Kansas, $59,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.5% — not 20.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.3%
Kansas vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-8.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors
- Median
- $59,470
- p25
- $44,370
- p75
- $73,630
- p10
- $37,910
- p90
- $85,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
Oregon
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors
- Median
- $74,590
- p25
- $60,130
- p75
- $86,800
- p10
- $49,860
- p90
- $102,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
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.