State comparison · 2025
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: New Jersey vs Rhode Island
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $89,520. In Rhode Island, $77,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.2% — not 15%.
Nominal pay gap
+15%
New Jersey vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+8.2%
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
Rhode Island
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $77,820
- p25
- $64,460
- p75
- $90,620
- p10
- $47,310
- p90
- $97,960
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.