State comparison · 2025
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: California vs South Dakota
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in California earn a median of $89,000. In South Dakota, $55,170. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.1% — not 61.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+61.3%
California vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+29.1%
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 Dakota
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $55,170
- p25
- $48,980
- p75
- $62,390
- p10
- $42,930
- p90
- $70,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.