State comparison · 2025
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: New Jersey vs Pennsylvania
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $89,520. In Pennsylvania, $75,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.7% — not 18.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.9%
New Jersey vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+6.7%
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
Pennsylvania
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $75,270
- p25
- $59,890
- p75
- $85,970
- p10
- $48,920
- p90
- $102,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.