State comparison · 2025
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: California vs Pennsylvania
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in California earn a median of $89,000. In Pennsylvania, $75,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.2% — not 18.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.2%
California vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+4.2%
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%
Pennsylvania
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $75,270
- p25
- $59,890
- p75
- $85,970
- p10
- $48,920
- p90
- $102,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.