State comparison · 2025
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: Indiana vs New Jersey
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $89,520. In Indiana, $59,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23% — not 34%.
Nominal pay gap
-34%
Indiana vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-23%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Indiana
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $59,080
- p25
- $49,740
- p75
- $73,450
- p10
- $41,930
- p90
- $92,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
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.