State comparison · 2025
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary: Indiana vs Massachusetts
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Massachusetts earn a median of $57,940. In Indiana, $44,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.4% — not 23.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.6%
Indiana vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-13.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Indiana
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $44,270
- p25
- $36,860
- p75
- $50,050
- p10
- $31,220
- p90
- $60,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
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.