State comparison · 2025
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: New Jersey vs Tennessee
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $89,520. In Tennessee, $68,190. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.9% — not 31.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.3%
New Jersey vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+10.9%
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
Tennessee
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $68,190
- p25
- $56,370
- p75
- $79,840
- p10
- $45,580
- p90
- $98,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.