State comparison · 2025
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary: Massachusetts vs Nevada
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Massachusetts earn a median of $57,940. In Nevada, $46,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.6% — not 24.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.4%
Massachusetts vs Nevada
COL-adjusted gap
+17.6%
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
Nevada
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $46,570
- p25
- $39,440
- p75
- $54,500
- p10
- $34,180
- p90
- $63,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.