State comparison · 2025
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: Arizona vs California
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in California earn a median of $89,000. In Arizona, $70,770. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.6% — not 20.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.5%
Arizona vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-12.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $70,770
- p25
- $57,910
- p75
- $84,040
- p10
- $50,710
- p90
- $103,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
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.