State comparison · 2025
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary: Kentucky vs Massachusetts
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Massachusetts earn a median of $57,940. In Kentucky, $44,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.5% — not 23.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.7%
Kentucky vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-10.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $44,200
- p25
- $36,970
- p75
- $51,370
- p10
- $30,470
- p90
- $60,470
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.