State comparison · 2025
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: California vs Mississippi
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in California earn a median of $89,000. In Mississippi, $55,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.6% — not 59.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+59.9%
California vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+25.6%
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%
Mississippi
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $55,670
- p25
- $44,870
- p75
- $70,880
- p10
- $37,810
- p90
- $82,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.