State comparison · 2025
Rehabilitation Counselors salary: Massachusetts vs North Dakota
Rehabilitation Counselors in North Dakota earn a median of $63,050. In Massachusetts, $47,320. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.9% — not 24.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.9%
Massachusetts vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-36.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Rehabilitation Counselors
- Median
- $47,320
- p25
- $43,330
- p75
- $73,190
- p10
- $38,770
- p90
- $101,760
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -19%
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.