State comparison · 2025
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: Illinois vs New Jersey
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $89,520. In Illinois, $74,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.6% — not 16.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.9%
Illinois vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-9.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $74,390
- p25
- $57,590
- p75
- $93,180
- p10
- $50,750
- p90
- $104,850
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
New Jersey
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $89,520
- p25
- $74,840
- p75
- $103,290
- p10
- $60,000
- p90
- $119,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
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.