State comparison · 2025
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary: Louisiana vs Massachusetts
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Massachusetts earn a median of $57,940. In Louisiana, $38,790. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.7% — not 33.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-33.1%
Louisiana vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-19.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Louisiana
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $38,790
- p25
- $31,840
- p75
- $46,710
- p10
- $26,680
- p90
- $56,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
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.