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State comparison · 2025

Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: California vs Connecticut

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Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in California earn a median of $89,000. In Connecticut, $82,520. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.9% — not 7.9%.

Nominal pay gap
+7.9%
California vs Connecticut
COL-adjusted gap
+0.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

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%
See full breakdown for California

Connecticut

Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants

Median
$82,520
p25
$69,570
p75
$101,060
p10
$61,880
p90
$119,030
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
103.6
See full breakdown for Connecticut

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.