State comparison · 2025
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary: Massachusetts vs New Hampshire
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Massachusetts earn a median of $57,940. In New Hampshire, $48,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.7% — not 20.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+20.5%
Massachusetts vs New Hampshire
COL-adjusted gap
+18.7%
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
New Hampshire
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $48,080
- p25
- $40,880
- p75
- $56,680
- p10
- $34,380
- p90
- $63,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 104.2
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.