State comparison · 2025
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary: Delaware vs Massachusetts
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Massachusetts earn a median of $57,940. In Delaware, $47,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.2% — not 17.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.2%
Delaware vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-12.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $47,970
- p25
- $40,230
- p75
- $58,600
- p10
- $35,930
- p90
- $64,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
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.