State comparison · 2025
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors salary: Oregon vs Tennessee
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors in Oregon earn a median of $74,590. In Tennessee, $49,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.7% — not 50.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+50.4%
Oregon vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+33.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Oregon
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors
- Median
- $74,590
- p25
- $60,130
- p75
- $86,800
- p10
- $49,860
- p90
- $102,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
Tennessee
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors
- Median
- $49,580
- p25
- $39,160
- p75
- $61,160
- p10
- $34,950
- p90
- $76,620
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.