State comparison · 2025
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary: Massachusetts vs Minnesota
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Massachusetts earn a median of $57,940. In Minnesota, $51,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.1% — not 12.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+12.7%
Massachusetts vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+5.1%
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
Minnesota
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $51,400
- p25
- $44,860
- p75
- $60,540
- p10
- $38,080
- p90
- $66,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.