State comparison · 2025
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: Arizona vs New Jersey
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $89,520. In Arizona, $70,770. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.6% — not 20.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.9%
Arizona vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-14.6%
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
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.