State comparison · 2025
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary: Rhode Island vs Washington
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Washington earn a median of $57,330. In Rhode Island, $52,140. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.9% — not 9.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-9.1%
Rhode Island vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-4.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Rhode Island
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $52,140
- p25
- $44,770
- p75
- $61,630
- p10
- $38,000
- p90
- $72,800
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
Washington
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Median
- $57,330
- p25
- $48,840
- p75
- $64,620
- p10
- $43,250
- p90
- $74,750
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
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.