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State comparison · 2025

Rehabilitation Counselors salary: New Jersey vs North Dakota

Occupation

Rehabilitation Counselors in North Dakota earn a median of $63,050. In New Jersey, $49,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.5% — not 21.1%.

Nominal pay gap
-21.1%
New Jersey vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-35.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

New Jersey

Rehabilitation Counselors

Median
$49,730
p25
$45,050
p75
$69,740
p10
$39,700
p90
$92,670
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
108.8
Hiring velocity (180d)
-67%
See full breakdown for New Jersey

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
See full breakdown for North Dakota

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.