State comparison · 2025
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: California vs Vermont
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in California earn a median of $89,000. In Vermont, $70,770. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.3% — not 25.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.8%
California vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
+11.3%
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%
Vermont
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $70,770
- p25
- $63,880
- p75
- $80,450
- p10
- $54,770
- p90
- $96,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
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.