State comparison · 2025
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary: Massachusetts vs New York
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Massachusetts earn a median of $57,940. In New York, $49,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.1% — not 16.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+16.8%
Massachusetts vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+19.1%
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 York
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $49,600
- p25
- $43,920
- p75
- $59,100
- p10
- $37,330
- p90
- $64,840
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
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.