State comparison · 2025
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: Louisiana vs New Jersey
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $89,520. In Louisiana, $53,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.6% — not 40.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-40.5%
Louisiana vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-26.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Louisiana
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $53,240
- p25
- $43,710
- p75
- $63,500
- p10
- $35,800
- p90
- $79,600
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
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.