State comparison · 2025
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary: Maine vs Massachusetts
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Massachusetts earn a median of $57,940. In Maine, $49,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.3% — not 14%.
Nominal pay gap
-14%
Maine vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-6.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maine
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $49,820
- p25
- $44,750
- p75
- $57,570
- p10
- $39,530
- p90
- $63,470
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.