State comparison · 2025
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: New Jersey vs Virginia
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $89,520. In Virginia, $80,330. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.6% — not 11.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+11.4%
New Jersey vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+3.6%
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
Virginia
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $80,330
- p25
- $63,480
- p75
- $98,770
- p10
- $51,370
- p90
- $119,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.