SOC 21-1015 · Community and Social Service Occupations · May 2025

How much do Rehabilitation Counselors make in Anchorage, AK?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Rehabilitation Counselors in Anchorage, AK is $60,700. The 10th percentile is $44,030 and the 90th percentile is $96,980. Employment is 60.

Median annual wage

$60,700

10th percentile
$44,030
25th percentile
$44,030
Median
$60,700
75th percentile
$79,260
90th percentile
$96,980
Mean
$66,260

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Rehabilitation Counselors, the published 10th percentile is $44,030 and the 90th percentile is $96,980. The difference is $52,950, which is 87.2% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $44,030 to the 75th at $79,260, covers $35,230.

The mean annual wage is $66,260, which sits above the median of $60,700. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Anchorage, AK median is 29.6% higher than the national median of $46,850 for Rehabilitation Counselors. In 2024 national prices the local median is $57,579, which is 22.9% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.4% lower than the Alaska median of $61,590.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Anchorage, AK is 105.420, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $60,700 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Rehabilitation Counselors at $57,579 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Rehabilitation Counselors in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Rehabilitation Counselors accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in Anchorage, AK (60 of 177,050). Nationally the occupation is 0.06% of employment (94,740 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.56 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

Highest-paying jobs in Anchorage, AK · Rehabilitation Counselors by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Rehabilitation Counselors make in Anchorage, AK?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Rehabilitation Counselors in Anchorage, AK is $60,700. The 10th percentile is $44,030 and the 90th percentile is $96,980. Employment is 60.

How does that compare with the national median for Rehabilitation Counselors?

The local median is 29.6% higher than the national median of $46,850.

What is Rehabilitation Counselors pay in Anchorage, AK after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Anchorage, AK is 105.420, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $60,700 is $57,579. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.