State comparison · 2025
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: District of Columbia vs Virginia
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in District of Columbia earn a median of $90,850. In Virginia, $80,330. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4% — not 13.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+13.1%
District of Columbia vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+4%
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
Virginia
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $80,330
- p25
- $63,480
- p75
- $98,770
- p10
- $51,370
- p90
- $119,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.