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State comparison · 2025

Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: California vs New Hampshire

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Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in California earn a median of $89,000. In New Hampshire, $71,650. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.9% — not 24.2%.

Nominal pay gap
+24.2%
California vs New Hampshire
COL-adjusted gap
+16.9%
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%
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New Hampshire

Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants

Median
$71,650
p25
$57,090
p75
$86,810
p10
$50,000
p90
$101,860
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
104.2
See full breakdown for New Hampshire

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.