State comparison · 2025
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: Arkansas vs New Jersey
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $89,520. In Arkansas, $51,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.8% — not 42.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-42.4%
Arkansas vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-27.8%
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
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.