State comparison · 2025
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary: Massachusetts vs West Virginia
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Massachusetts earn a median of $57,940. In West Virginia, $40,370. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.4% — not 43.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+43.5%
Massachusetts vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+21.4%
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
West Virginia
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $40,370
- p25
- $34,090
- p75
- $47,920
- p10
- $28,820
- p90
- $57,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.