State comparison · 2025
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: Massachusetts vs New Jersey
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $89,520. In Massachusetts, $82,650. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.1% — not 7.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-7.7%
Massachusetts vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-5.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $82,650
- p25
- $69,560
- p75
- $100,170
- p10
- $59,320
- p90
- $123,930
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
New Jersey
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $89,520
- p25
- $74,840
- p75
- $103,290
- p10
- $60,000
- p90
- $119,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
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.