State comparison · 2025
Rehabilitation Counselors salary: South Dakota vs Wyoming
Rehabilitation Counselors in Wyoming earn a median of $67,640. In South Dakota, $49,350. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.7% — not 27%.
Nominal pay gap
-27%
South Dakota vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
-23.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
South Dakota
Rehabilitation Counselors
- Median
- $49,350
- p25
- $46,010
- p75
- $60,580
- p10
- $41,190
- p90
- $76,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
Wyoming
Rehabilitation Counselors
- Median
- $67,640
- p25
- $45,080
- p75
- $67,640
- p10
- $36,620
- p90
- $76,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.7
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.