State comparison · 2025
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary: Massachusetts vs South Dakota
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Massachusetts earn a median of $57,940. In South Dakota, $41,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.4% — not 38.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+38.9%
Massachusetts vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+16.4%
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
South Dakota
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $41,700
- p25
- $36,280
- p75
- $47,670
- p10
- $31,200
- p90
- $51,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.