State comparison · 2025
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary: Idaho vs Massachusetts
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Massachusetts earn a median of $57,940. In Idaho, $43,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.4% — not 24.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.6%
Idaho vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-16.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Idaho
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $43,710
- p25
- $36,770
- p75
- $49,350
- p10
- $29,890
- p90
- $58,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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.