Turnover Cost: Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics, South Carolina

Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics population in South Carolina, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).

Estimated cost of turnover

Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics · South Carolina, United States

$26,200 – $104,800estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $52,420 for Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics in South Carolina, 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 Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics compares in South Carolina, United States

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

  • Computer and Information Systems Managers
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  • Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics
  • Assemblers and Fabricators
  • Waiters and Waitresses

What this means

$52,420 is the annual mean wage for automotive service technicians and mechanics in South Carolina. The estimated replacement cost runs $26,200 to $104,800 by SHRM's framework (50% to 200% of that wage). Adjust that range for your own hiring speed, the technician's skill focus, and how long before a new hire operates solo.

Estimated cost of turnover: Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in South Carolina, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureAutomotive Service Technicians and MechanicsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$52,420$79,075

Related benchmarks

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