State comparison · 2025
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: New Jersey vs North Carolina
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $89,520. In North Carolina, $70,140. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.6% — not 27.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.6%
New Jersey vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+10.6%
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
North Carolina
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $70,140
- p25
- $58,480
- p75
- $83,260
- p10
- $49,720
- p90
- $99,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
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.