Turnover Cost: Assemblers and Fabricators, California (2025)

Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Assemblers and Fabricators population in California, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).

Estimated cost of turnover

Assemblers and Fabricators · California, United States

$25,500 – $102,100estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $51,060 for Assemblers and Fabricators in California, United States (2025-may), multiplied by the 0.5×–2× cost of replacing an employee reported by SHRM and Gallup. The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes the wage, not the cost — the range is a planning estimate, and a real figure depends on time-to-fill, ramp-up, and lost productivity.

How Assemblers and Fabricators compares in California, United States

Annual mean wage — the input to the estimate above, compared directly rather than as a derived range. See all 33 industries.

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What this means

California Assemblers and Fabricators have an annual mean wage of $51,060, per the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Using the Gallup estimate of 50% to 200% of salary, the cost to replace a single worker lands between $25,500 and $102,100. The final number reflects how quickly the role fills, whether ramp-up is smooth or sluggish, and downstream losses from understaffing.

Estimated cost of turnover: Assemblers and Fabricators vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in California, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureAssemblers and FabricatorsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$51,060$104,696

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