State comparison · 2025
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: California vs Massachusetts
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in California earn a median of $89,000. In Massachusetts, $82,650. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.9% — not 7.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+7.7%
California vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+2.9%
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%
Massachusetts
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $82,650
- p25
- $69,560
- p75
- $100,170
- p10
- $59,320
- p90
- $123,930
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
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.