State comparison · 2025
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: California vs North Dakota
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in California earn a median of $89,000. In North Dakota, $61,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.8% — not 45.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+45.3%
California vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+16.8%
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%
North Dakota
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $61,270
- p25
- $52,570
- p75
- $75,140
- p10
- $46,350
- p90
- $86,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
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.