State comparison · 2025
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: New Jersey vs South Carolina
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $89,520. In South Carolina, $60,890. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.6% — not 47%.
Nominal pay gap
+47%
New Jersey vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+26.6%
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
South Carolina
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $60,890
- p25
- $50,290
- p75
- $77,160
- p10
- $42,600
- p90
- $92,370
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.