State comparison · 2025
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary: Florida vs Massachusetts
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Massachusetts earn a median of $57,940. In Florida, $45,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.9% — not 20.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.8%
Florida vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-18.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Florida
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $45,900
- p25
- $37,840
- p75
- $53,340
- p10
- $33,380
- p90
- $63,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
Massachusetts
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $57,940
- p25
- $48,150
- p75
- $64,240
- p10
- $41,510
- p90
- $78,400
- 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.