State comparison · 2025
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: Alabama vs District of Columbia
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in District of Columbia earn a median of $90,850. In Alabama, $69,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.4% — not 23.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.6%
Alabama vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-5.4%
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
District of Columbia
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $90,850
- p25
- $77,990
- p75
- $102,310
- p10
- $64,890
- p90
- $121,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
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.