State comparison · 2025
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary: Massachusetts vs Mississippi
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Massachusetts earn a median of $57,940. In Mississippi, $37,340. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.6% — not 55.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+55.2%
Massachusetts vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+27.6%
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
Mississippi
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $37,340
- p25
- $30,430
- p75
- $46,490
- p10
- $25,770
- p90
- $57,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.