State comparison · 2025
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary: Colorado vs Washington
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Washington earn a median of $57,330. In Colorado, $48,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.9% — not 15.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-15.1%
Colorado vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-11.9%
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
Washington
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $57,330
- p25
- $48,840
- p75
- $64,620
- p10
- $43,250
- p90
- $74,750
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
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.