State comparison · 2025
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary: Massachusetts vs New Mexico
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Massachusetts earn a median of $57,940. In New Mexico, $46,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.7% — not 24.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.7%
Massachusetts vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+8.7%
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 Mexico
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $46,450
- p25
- $38,200
- p75
- $55,720
- p10
- $33,870
- p90
- $61,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.