State comparison · 2025
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary: Idaho vs Washington
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Washington earn a median of $57,330. In Idaho, $43,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.6% — not 23.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.8%
Idaho vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-14.6%
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
Washington
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $57,330
- p25
- $48,840
- p75
- $64,620
- p10
- $43,250
- p90
- $74,750
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
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.