Turnover Cost: Home Health and Personal Care Aides, Iowa

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Home Health and Personal Care Aides · Iowa, United States

$18,500 – $73,900estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $36,940 for Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Iowa, 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 Iowa, 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 Bureau of Labor Statistics reports an annual mean wage of $36,940 for home health and personal care aides in Iowa. Replacing one costs an estimated $18,500 to $73,900 when applying SHRM's 50% to 200% replacement-cost multiple to that wage. Actual costs depend on time-to-fill, ramp-up, and lost productivity.

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

Estimated cost of turnover in Iowa, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureHome Health and Personal Care AidesRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$36,940$75,472

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