State comparison · 2025
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: District of Columbia vs Massachusetts
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in District of Columbia earn a median of $90,850. In Massachusetts, $82,650. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.8% — not 9.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+9.9%
District of Columbia vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+5.8%
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
Massachusetts
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $82,650
- p25
- $69,560
- p75
- $100,170
- p10
- $59,320
- p90
- $123,930
- 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.