State comparison · 2025
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: California vs South Carolina
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in California earn a median of $89,000. In South Carolina, $60,890. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.7% — not 46.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+46.2%
California vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+23.7%
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%
South Carolina
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $60,890
- p25
- $50,290
- p75
- $77,160
- p10
- $42,600
- p90
- $92,370
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.