State comparison · 2025
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary: Massachusetts vs Pennsylvania
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Massachusetts earn a median of $57,940. In Pennsylvania, $46,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.5% — not 25.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.2%
Massachusetts vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+15.5%
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
Pennsylvania
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $46,270
- p25
- $37,980
- p75
- $53,090
- p10
- $32,040
- p90
- $61,800
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.