State comparison · 2025
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary: Alabama vs Massachusetts
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Massachusetts earn a median of $57,940. In Alabama, $41,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.4% — not 28.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-28.1%
Alabama vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-14.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $41,630
- p25
- $35,580
- p75
- $49,120
- p10
- $29,170
- p90
- $59,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
Massachusetts
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $57,940
- p25
- $48,150
- p75
- $64,240
- p10
- $41,510
- p90
- $78,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
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.