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Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive pay in New Haven, CT and Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive is $63,800 per year in New Haven, CT. It is $48,800 per year in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ. New Haven, CT is 30.7% above Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 43-6014 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 4,780 wage and salary jobs in New Haven, CT and 22,010 in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings