Boston vs. Los Angeles
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
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Fig. 1 — Side by side
Both distributions, one scale
10th to 90th percentile, median struck in red
Table 1 — Adjusted
Boston's median is 2.8% higher — but after local prices, Boston still leads by 7.4%.
Boston's median $85,260 buys $78,800 at national prices (price parity 108.3); Los Angeles's $82,850 buys $73,000 (113.6).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is Los Angeles against Boston.
| Boston | Los Angeles | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 11,290 | 20,850 | +84.7% |
| 10th percentile | $61,400 | $58,430 | −4.8% |
| 25th percentile | $74,630 | $68,000 | −8.9% |
| Median | $85,260 | $82,850 | −2.8% |
| 75th percentile | $101,520 | $100,850 | −0.7% |
| 90th percentile | $126,940 | $122,200 | −3.7% |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Price parity
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
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