The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between burnout and the expectations about selected job factors of state agency rehabilitation counselors in North Dakota. Rehabilitation counselors completed the Maslach Burnout Inventory and an Expectations Questionnaire. Results of the analyses indicated that burnout is negatively related to current job expectations and positively related to job expectations at the time of initial employment in the rehabilitation field and to changes in expectations. These and other results, and the implications are presented and discussed.