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Executive Secretaries And Executive Administrative Assistants Salary: Florida vs New York

Executive Secretaries And Executive Administrative Assistants earn a median of $65,350 in Florida and $80,490 in New York. That is a nominal gap of $15,140 (-18.8%), with New York paying more before any cost-of-living adjustment.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates. Cost-of-living adjustment uses BEA Regional Price Parities, most recent release.

$65,350
Florida median
$63,193 after COL
$80,490
New York median
$74,582 after COL
-18.8%
Nominal gap
New York leads
-15.3%
Adjusted gap
New York leads after COL

The story behind the numbers

On raw wages, New York pays $15,140 more per year than Florida for executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants, a gap of +18.8%.

After adjusting for cost of living, New York still comes out ahead, with roughly $11,390 of extra purchasing power (+15.3% real gap). Local prices do not reverse the nominal advantage.

Full breakdown by location

Detailed wage, employment, and cost-of-living figures for executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants in each location. Click through to the full local salary page for percentiles, outlook, and peer areas.

Executive Secretaries And Executive Administrative Assistants

Florida

Median salary
$65,350
Mean salary
$69,770
Employment
19,950
Location quotient
0.66
Jobs per 1,000
2.0
COL-adjusted median
$63,193
Regional Price Parity
103.4%

Exact state RPP match.

Full Executive Secretaries And Executive Administrative Assistants page for Florida →

Executive Secretaries And Executive Administrative Assistants

New York

Median salary
$80,490
Mean salary
$86,000
Employment
88,830
Location quotient
3.04
Jobs per 1,000
9.3
COL-adjusted median
$74,582
Regional Price Parity
107.9%

Exact state RPP match.

Full Executive Secretaries And Executive Administrative Assistants page for New York →

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Common questions about this comparison

What does the cost-of-living adjustment actually do? +

It divides each location's nominal median wage by its Regional Price Parity (RPP), which measures how local prices compare to the national average (100 = national). A wage of $100,000 in an area with RPP 120 has the same purchasing power as roughly $83,000 nationally.

Why would the nominal and adjusted winners disagree? +

High-cost metros often pay higher salaries, but not by enough to fully offset the higher cost of housing, goods, and services. When that happens, the location with the lower nominal wage actually offers more real purchasing power.

What is a location quotient? +

The location quotient measures how concentrated an occupation is in a given area versus the national average. A value of 2.0 means the occupation is twice as common there as nationally. It is a signal of what a state specializes in.