State comparison · 2025
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: California vs Minnesota
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in California earn a median of $89,000. In Minnesota, $78,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1% — not 13.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+13.4%
California vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+1%
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%
Minnesota
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $78,470
- p25
- $64,810
- p75
- $91,540
- p10
- $58,870
- p90
- $101,760
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.