State comparison · 2025
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: District of Columbia vs Kentucky
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in District of Columbia earn a median of $90,850. In Kentucky, $62,410. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.5% — not 45.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+45.6%
District of Columbia vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+19.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
District of Columbia
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $90,850
- p25
- $77,990
- p75
- $102,310
- p10
- $64,890
- p90
- $121,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
Kentucky
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $62,410
- p25
- $52,050
- p75
- $75,650
- p10
- $44,800
- p90
- $92,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.