State comparison · 2025
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: California vs West Virginia
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in California earn a median of $89,000. In West Virginia, $63,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.7% — not 39.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+39.5%
California vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+12.7%
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%
West Virginia
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $63,820
- p25
- $52,110
- p75
- $77,990
- p10
- $40,670
- p90
- $95,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.