State comparison · 2025
Rehabilitation Counselors salary: New Mexico vs North Dakota
Rehabilitation Counselors in North Dakota earn a median of $63,050. In New Mexico, $48,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.1% — not 23.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.5%
New Mexico vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-26.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Mexico
Rehabilitation Counselors
- Median
- $48,240
- p25
- $38,670
- p75
- $67,430
- p10
- $37,300
- p90
- $77,010
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.