State comparison · 2025
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary: Massachusetts vs New Jersey
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Massachusetts earn a median of $57,940. In New Jersey, $50,260. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.5% — not 15.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+15.3%
Massachusetts vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+18.5%
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
New Jersey
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $50,260
- p25
- $43,200
- p75
- $61,370
- p10
- $36,150
- p90
- $72,180
- 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.