State comparison · 2025
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary: Colorado vs Massachusetts
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Massachusetts earn a median of $57,940. In Colorado, $48,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.8% — not 16%.
Nominal pay gap
-16%
Colorado vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-13.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $48,690
- p25
- $42,840
- p75
- $58,170
- p10
- $37,300
- p90
- $64,960
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
Massachusetts
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $57,940
- p25
- $48,150
- p75
- $64,240
- p10
- $41,510
- p90
- $78,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
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.