State comparison · 2025
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary: Mississippi vs Washington
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Washington earn a median of $57,330. In Mississippi, $37,340. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.9% — not 34.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-34.9%
Mississippi vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-19.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $37,340
- p25
- $30,430
- p75
- $46,490
- p10
- $25,770
- p90
- $57,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.