State comparison · 2025
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary: Massachusetts vs Missouri
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Massachusetts earn a median of $57,940. In Missouri, $43,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.2% — not 33.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+33.1%
Massachusetts vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+14.2%
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
Missouri
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $43,540
- p25
- $36,750
- p75
- $49,930
- p10
- $30,890
- p90
- $60,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.