State comparison · 2025
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: Connecticut vs New Jersey
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $89,520. In Connecticut, $82,520. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.2% — not 7.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-7.8%
Connecticut vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-3.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Connecticut
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $82,520
- p25
- $69,570
- p75
- $101,060
- p10
- $61,880
- p90
- $119,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
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.