State comparison · 2025
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: California vs Virginia
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in California earn a median of $89,000. In Virginia, $80,330. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.2% — not 10.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+10.8%
California vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+1.2%
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%
Virginia
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $80,330
- p25
- $63,480
- p75
- $98,770
- p10
- $51,370
- p90
- $119,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.