Turnover Cost: Assemblers and Fabricators, Illinois (2025)
Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Assemblers and Fabricators population in Illinois, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).
Assemblers and Fabricators · Illinois, United States
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $46,180 for Assemblers and Fabricators in Illinois, 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 Illinois, United States
Annual mean wage — the input to the estimate above, compared directly rather than as a derived range. See all 33 industries.
What this means
Factoring SHRM's 50% to 200% replacement-cost multiple into the annual mean wage of $46,180 for this occupation in Illinois (May 2025, BLS) yields an estimated range of $23,100 to $92,400. That estimate covers the direct costs of recruitment and training. Real costs climb when you factor in vacancy duration, productivity ramp time, and work that accumulates unsolved.
Estimated cost of turnover: Assemblers and Fabricators vs regional average
| Measure | Assemblers and Fabricators | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Estimated cost of turnover | $46,180 | $86,267 |