State comparison · 2025
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: Iowa vs New Jersey
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $89,520. In Iowa, $62,340. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.7% — not 30.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-30.4%
Iowa vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-13.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $62,340
- p25
- $51,450
- p75
- $71,390
- p10
- $45,230
- p90
- $83,600
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.