State comparison · 2025
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: Colorado vs New Jersey
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $89,520. In Colorado, $65,850. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.4% — not 26.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-26.4%
Colorado vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-22.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $65,850
- p25
- $57,920
- p75
- $82,620
- p10
- $49,850
- p90
- $100,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
New Jersey
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $89,520
- p25
- $74,840
- p75
- $103,290
- p10
- $60,000
- p90
- $119,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
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.