State comparison · 2025
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary: California vs Massachusetts
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Massachusetts earn a median of $57,940. In California, $55,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.6% — not 4.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-4.4%
California vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-8.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $55,400
- p25
- $46,390
- p75
- $65,400
- p10
- $38,060
- p90
- $78,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
Massachusetts
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $57,940
- p25
- $48,150
- p75
- $64,240
- p10
- $41,510
- p90
- $78,400
- 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.