State comparison · 2025
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary: Massachusetts vs Tennessee
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Massachusetts earn a median of $57,940. In Tennessee, $45,810. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.9% — not 26.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.5%
Massachusetts vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+9.9%
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
Tennessee
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $45,810
- p25
- $37,040
- p75
- $54,000
- p10
- $29,660
- p90
- $63,130
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.