State comparison · 2025
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary: Massachusetts vs Michigan
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Massachusetts earn a median of $57,940. In Michigan, $46,020. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.5% — not 25.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.9%
Massachusetts vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
+14.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
Michigan
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $46,020
- p25
- $38,350
- p75
- $53,090
- p10
- $33,360
- p90
- $63,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
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.