State comparison · 2025
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary: Maryland vs Massachusetts
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Massachusetts earn a median of $57,940. In Maryland, $48,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.3% — not 16%.
Nominal pay gap
-16%
Maryland vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-15.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maryland
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $48,680
- p25
- $41,030
- p75
- $59,290
- p10
- $35,360
- p90
- $67,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
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.