State comparison · 2025
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary: Hawaii vs Massachusetts
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Massachusetts earn a median of $57,940. In Hawaii, $50,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.6% — not 12.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-12.3%
Hawaii vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-15.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Hawaii
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $50,830
- p25
- $43,920
- p75
- $60,410
- p10
- $38,480
- p90
- $68,120
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.0
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.