State comparison · 2025
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: Mississippi vs New Jersey
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $89,520. In Mississippi, $55,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.2% — not 37.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-37.8%
Mississippi vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-22.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $55,670
- p25
- $44,870
- p75
- $70,880
- p10
- $37,810
- p90
- $82,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
New Jersey
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $89,520
- p25
- $74,840
- p75
- $103,290
- p10
- $60,000
- p90
- $119,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
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.