State comparison · 2025
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary: Massachusetts vs Virginia
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Massachusetts earn a median of $57,940. In Virginia, $47,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.3% — not 21.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.7%
Massachusetts vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+16.3%
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
Virginia
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $47,620
- p25
- $39,040
- p75
- $57,600
- p10
- $34,040
- p90
- $66,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
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.