State comparison · 2025
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary: Delaware vs Washington
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Washington earn a median of $57,330. In Delaware, $47,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.3% — not 16.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.3%
Delaware vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-10.3%
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
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.