State comparison · 2025
Rehabilitation Counselors salary: New York vs North Dakota
Rehabilitation Counselors in North Dakota earn a median of $63,050. In New York, $47,960. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37.3% — not 23.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.9%
New York vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-37.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New York
Rehabilitation Counselors
- Median
- $47,960
- p25
- $42,030
- p75
- $59,210
- p10
- $37,130
- p90
- $76,600
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -46%
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.