State comparison · 2025
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary: Massachusetts vs Rhode Island
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Massachusetts earn a median of $57,940. In Rhode Island, $52,140. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.4% — not 11.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+11.1%
Massachusetts vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+7.4%
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
Rhode Island
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $52,140
- p25
- $44,770
- p75
- $61,630
- p10
- $38,000
- p90
- $72,800
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.