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Rehabilitation Counselors pay in Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC and New Haven, CT
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Rehabilitation Counselors is $35,060 per year in Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC. It is $79,380 per year in New Haven, CT. Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC is 55.8% below New Haven, CT on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 21-1015 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 60 wage and salary jobs in Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC and Not published in New Haven, CT. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings