State comparison · 2025
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: California vs Tennessee
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in California earn a median of $89,000. In Tennessee, $68,190. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.4% — not 30.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+30.5%
California vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+8.4%
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%
Tennessee
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $68,190
- p25
- $56,370
- p75
- $79,840
- p10
- $45,580
- p90
- $98,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.