State comparison · 2025
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary: Massachusetts vs Vermont
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Massachusetts earn a median of $57,940. In Vermont, $48,920. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.7% — not 18.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.4%
Massachusetts vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
+9.7%
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
Vermont
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $48,920
- p25
- $44,340
- p75
- $56,620
- p10
- $39,330
- p90
- $61,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
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.