State comparison · 2025
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: California vs Kansas
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in California earn a median of $89,000. In Kansas, $64,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.7% — not 37.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+37.2%
California vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+11.7%
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%
Kansas
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $64,860
- p25
- $57,090
- p75
- $78,220
- p10
- $48,160
- p90
- $90,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.