State comparison · 2025
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: Alabama vs California
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in California earn a median of $89,000. In Alabama, $69,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.7% — not 22%.
Nominal pay gap
-22%
Alabama vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-2.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $69,450
- p25
- $56,760
- p75
- $83,140
- p10
- $46,800
- p90
- $100,620
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
California
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $89,000
- p25
- $72,110
- p75
- $107,090
- p10
- $58,060
- p90
- $130,510
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +400%
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.