State comparison · 2025
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: California vs New Mexico
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in California earn a median of $89,000. In New Mexico, $73,890. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.3% — not 20.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+20.4%
California vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+0.3%
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%
New Mexico
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $73,890
- p25
- $64,870
- p75
- $82,840
- p10
- $52,000
- p90
- $92,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.