State comparison · 2025
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: Alabama vs New Jersey
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $89,520. In Alabama, $69,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.9% — not 22.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.4%
Alabama vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-4.9%
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
New Jersey
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $89,520
- p25
- $74,840
- p75
- $103,290
- p10
- $60,000
- p90
- $119,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
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.