State comparison · 2025
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary: Massachusetts vs Nebraska
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Massachusetts earn a median of $57,940. In Nebraska, $46,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.5% — not 23.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.9%
Massachusetts vs Nebraska
COL-adjusted gap
+5.5%
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
Nebraska
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $46,760
- p25
- $39,710
- p75
- $54,080
- p10
- $35,900
- p90
- $62,130
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.