Turnover Cost: Home Health and Personal Care Aides, Virginia

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Home Health and Personal Care Aides · Virginia, United States

$16,300 – $65,300estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $32,640 for Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Virginia, 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 Virginia, 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

Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows an annual mean wage of $32,640 for home health and personal care aides in Virginia. SHRM's replacement-cost estimate (50% to 200% of salary) puts the cost of losing one at $16,300 to $65,300. The actual cost hinges on how fast you hire, how thorough the training, and when full productivity resumes.

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

Estimated cost of turnover in Virginia, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureHome Health and Personal Care AidesRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$32,640$90,036

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