State comparison · 2025
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary: Kentucky vs Washington
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Washington earn a median of $57,330. In Kentucky, $44,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.5% — not 22.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.9%
Kentucky vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-8.5%
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
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.