State comparison · 2025
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary: Massachusetts vs North Dakota
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Massachusetts earn a median of $57,940. In North Dakota, $47,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.7% — not 22%.
Nominal pay gap
+22%
Massachusetts vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+2.7%
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
North Dakota
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $47,480
- p25
- $40,270
- p75
- $53,880
- p10
- $34,920
- p90
- $60,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
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.