State comparison · 2025
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary: Arkansas vs Massachusetts
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Massachusetts earn a median of $57,940. In Arkansas, $37,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.9% — not 35.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-35.1%
Arkansas vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-20.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $37,630
- p25
- $31,720
- p75
- $46,210
- p10
- $28,540
- p90
- $55,060
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.