State comparison · 2025
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: California vs Texas
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in California earn a median of $89,000. In Texas, $71,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.4% — not 23.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.6%
California vs Texas
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%
Texas
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $71,990
- p25
- $58,790
- p75
- $87,040
- p10
- $50,740
- p90
- $103,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.