State comparison · 2025
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: District of Columbia vs Rhode Island
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in District of Columbia earn a median of $90,850. In Rhode Island, $77,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.7% — not 16.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+16.7%
District of Columbia vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+8.7%
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
Rhode Island
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $77,820
- p25
- $64,460
- p75
- $90,620
- p10
- $47,310
- p90
- $97,960
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.