State comparison · 2025
Rehabilitation Counselors salary: New Jersey vs North Dakota
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%
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.