State comparison · 2025
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary: Georgia vs Massachusetts
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Massachusetts earn a median of $57,940. In Georgia, $41,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.1% — not 28.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-28.2%
Georgia vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-21.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Georgia
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $41,600
- p25
- $32,130
- p75
- $52,090
- p10
- $26,330
- p90
- $62,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
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.