State comparison · 2025
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary: Arizona vs Massachusetts
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Massachusetts earn a median of $57,940. In Arizona, $47,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.1% — not 17.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.3%
Arizona vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-13.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $47,940
- p25
- $40,510
- p75
- $55,860
- p10
- $36,420
- p90
- $67,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
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.