State comparison · 2025
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary: Massachusetts vs North Carolina
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Massachusetts earn a median of $57,940. In North Carolina, $45,790. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.8% — not 26.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.5%
Massachusetts vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+12.8%
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
North Carolina
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $45,790
- p25
- $38,100
- p75
- $51,870
- p10
- $31,720
- p90
- $61,750
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
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.