State comparison · 2025
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: California vs Illinois
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in California earn a median of $89,000. In Illinois, $74,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.1% — not 19.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+19.6%
California vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
+8.1%
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%
Illinois
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $74,390
- p25
- $57,590
- p75
- $93,180
- p10
- $50,750
- p90
- $104,850
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.