State comparison · 2025
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary: Minnesota vs Washington
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Washington earn a median of $57,330. In Minnesota, $51,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.7% — not 10.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-10.3%
Minnesota vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-2.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Minnesota
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $51,400
- p25
- $44,860
- p75
- $60,540
- p10
- $38,080
- p90
- $66,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
Washington
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $57,330
- p25
- $48,840
- p75
- $64,620
- p10
- $43,250
- p90
- $74,750
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
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.