State comparison · 2025
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants salary: New Jersey vs West Virginia
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $89,520. In West Virginia, $63,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.4% — not 40.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+40.3%
New Jersey vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+15.4%
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
West Virginia
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $63,820
- p25
- $52,110
- p75
- $77,990
- p10
- $40,670
- p90
- $95,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.