State comparison · 2025
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: Arkansas vs California
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in California earn a median of $89,000. In Arkansas, $51,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.1% — not 42%.
Nominal pay gap
-42%
Arkansas vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-26.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $51,600
- p25
- $43,940
- p75
- $66,480
- p10
- $37,830
- p90
- $82,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.