State comparison · 2025
Rehabilitation Counselors salary: North Dakota vs Pennsylvania
Rehabilitation Counselors in North Dakota earn a median of $63,050. In Pennsylvania, $48,650. After cost-of-living, the gap is 42.1% — not 29.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.6%
North Dakota vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+42.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
Pennsylvania
Rehabilitation Counselors
- Median
- $48,650
- p25
- $39,560
- p75
- $60,050
- p10
- $36,230
- p90
- $77,220
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +29%
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.