State comparison · 2025
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: Montana vs New Jersey
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $89,520. In Montana, $59,750. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.2% — not 33.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-33.3%
Montana vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-23.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Montana
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $59,750
- p25
- $51,140
- p75
- $67,720
- p10
- $48,830
- p90
- $80,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.