State comparison · 2025
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors salary: Mississippi vs Oregon
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors in Oregon earn a median of $74,590. In Mississippi, $46,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.1% — not 37%.
Nominal pay gap
-37%
Mississippi vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-25.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors
- Median
- $46,990
- p25
- $38,760
- p75
- $58,560
- p10
- $32,770
- p90
- $77,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.