State comparison · 2025
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: California vs Kentucky
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in California earn a median of $89,000. In Kentucky, $62,410. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.2% — not 42.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+42.6%
California vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+16.2%
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%
Kentucky
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $62,410
- p25
- $52,050
- p75
- $75,650
- p10
- $44,800
- p90
- $92,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.