State comparison · 2025
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: Maine vs New Jersey
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $89,520. In Maine, $64,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.8% — not 28.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-28.4%
Maine vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-19.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maine
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $64,100
- p25
- $54,570
- p75
- $75,650
- p10
- $49,850
- p90
- $88,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.