State comparison · 2025
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary: Massachusetts vs Montana
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Massachusetts earn a median of $57,940. In Montana, $43,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.9% — not 31.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.9%
Massachusetts vs Montana
COL-adjusted gap
+17.9%
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
Montana
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $43,940
- p25
- $37,210
- p75
- $48,450
- p10
- $30,430
- p90
- $55,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.