State comparison · 2025
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary: Missouri vs Washington
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Washington earn a median of $57,330. In Missouri, $43,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.5% — not 24.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.1%
Missouri vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-10.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Missouri
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $43,540
- p25
- $36,750
- p75
- $49,930
- p10
- $30,890
- p90
- $60,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.