State comparison · 2025
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary: Iowa vs Massachusetts
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Massachusetts earn a median of $57,940. In Iowa, $45,150. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.1% — not 22.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.1%
Iowa vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-6.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $45,150
- p25
- $38,040
- p75
- $51,070
- p10
- $33,880
- p90
- $60,760
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.