State comparison · 2025
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary: Indiana vs Washington
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Washington earn a median of $57,330. In Indiana, $44,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.4% — not 22.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.8%
Indiana vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-11.4%
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
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.