State comparison · 2025
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary: Massachusetts vs Oregon
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Massachusetts earn a median of $57,940. In Oregon, $51,740. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.4% — not 12%.
Nominal pay gap
+12%
Massachusetts vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
+9.4%
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
Oregon
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $51,740
- p25
- $45,460
- p75
- $61,020
- p10
- $38,480
- p90
- $70,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
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.