State comparison · 2025
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: California vs Maine
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in California earn a median of $89,000. In Maine, $64,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.8% — not 38.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+38.8%
California vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
+21.8%
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%
Maine
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $64,100
- p25
- $54,570
- p75
- $75,650
- p10
- $49,850
- p90
- $88,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.