State comparison · 2025
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: California vs Maryland
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in California earn a median of $89,000. In Maryland, $78,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.5% — not 13.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+13.3%
California vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+7.5%
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%
Maryland
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $78,540
- p25
- $64,470
- p75
- $94,000
- p10
- $54,430
- p90
- $108,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
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.