State comparison · 2025
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: District of Columbia vs New Mexico
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in District of Columbia earn a median of $90,850. In New Mexico, $73,890. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.2% — not 23%.
Nominal pay gap
+23%
District of Columbia vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+3.2%
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
New Mexico
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $73,890
- p25
- $64,870
- p75
- $82,840
- p10
- $52,000
- p90
- $92,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.