State comparison · 2025
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: Alaska vs California
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in California earn a median of $89,000. In Alaska, $66,210. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.6% — not 25.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.6%
Alaska vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-19.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $66,210
- p25
- $56,490
- p75
- $79,500
- p10
- $50,290
- p90
- $92,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
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.