Turnover Cost: Home Health and Personal Care Aides, California

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Home Health and Personal Care Aides · California, United States

$18,200 – $72,800estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $36,420 for Home Health and Personal Care Aides 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 Home Health and Personal Care Aides 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

The annual mean wage for Home Health and Personal Care Aides in California stands at $36,420, per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025). Replacing one costs an estimated $18,200 to $72,800 using SHRM and Gallup's 50% to 200% replacement-cost multiple applied to that wage. Time-to-fill, training intensity, and lost productivity during the transition determine an employer's actual figure.

Estimated cost of turnover: Home Health and Personal Care Aides vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in California, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureHome Health and Personal Care AidesRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$36,420$104,696

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