State comparison · 2025
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: New Jersey vs New Mexico
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $89,520. In New Mexico, $73,890. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.7% — not 21.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.2%
New Jersey vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+2.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
New Mexico
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $73,890
- p25
- $64,870
- p75
- $82,840
- p10
- $52,000
- p90
- $92,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.