Rehabilitation Counselors · SOC 21-1015
Rehabilitation Counselors Salary in the Missouri
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Missouri
Figures describe the state of Missouri as a whole.
Rehabilitation Counselors in the Missouri earned a median of $45,180 per year ($21.72 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $37,260 at the 10th percentile to $62,600 at the 90th. BLS estimates 2,020 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Rehabilitation Counselors in the Missouri earn more than $45,180 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $40,220 and $56,330.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $37,260 | $40,220 | $45,180 | $56,330 | $62,600 |
| Hourly | $17.91 | $19.34 | $21.72 | $27.08 | $30.10 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Missouri$45,180 median for Missouri; middle half earns $40,220 to $56,330
- United Statesnational$46,850 median for United States; middle half earns $38,770 to $59,260
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −4% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Metro areas in Missouri
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for rehabilitation counselors, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Missourithis page$45,180 median for Missouri; middle half earns $40,220 to $56,330
- $50,050 median for Columbia metro area; middle half earns $47,190 to $61,630
- $49,640 median for Jefferson City metro area; middle half earns $39,460 to $58,600
- $49,420 median for St. Joseph metro area; middle half earns $38,840 to $53,610
- $49,320 median for Springfield metro area; middle half earns $44,370 to $55,520
- $46,800 median for Kansas City metro area; middle half earns $42,930 to $56,160
- $44,620 median for St. Louis metro area; middle half earns $40,510 to $57,390
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for rehabilitation counselorss · Highest-paying occupations in Missouri
About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.