State comparison · 2025
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: New Jersey vs North Dakota
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $89,520. In North Dakota, $61,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.5% — not 46.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+46.1%
New Jersey vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+19.5%
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 Dakota
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $61,270
- p25
- $52,570
- p75
- $75,140
- p10
- $46,350
- p90
- $86,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
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.