State comparison · 2025
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary: Massachusetts vs South Carolina
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Massachusetts earn a median of $57,940. In South Carolina, $44,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.3% — not 29.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.1%
Massachusetts vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+14.3%
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
South Carolina
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $44,880
- p25
- $36,880
- p75
- $52,420
- p10
- $29,100
- p90
- $61,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.