State comparison · 2025
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: California vs Indiana
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in California earn a median of $89,000. In Indiana, $59,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27% — not 50.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+50.6%
California vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
+27%
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%
Indiana
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $59,080
- p25
- $49,740
- p75
- $73,450
- p10
- $41,930
- p90
- $92,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
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.