Turnover Cost: Medical Assistants, Alabama (2025)
Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Medical Assistants population in Alabama, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).
Medical Assistants · Alabama, United States
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $36,770 for Medical Assistants in Alabama, 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 Medical Assistants compares in Alabama, 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
The annual mean wage for medical assistants in Alabama is $36,770, per the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Replacing one of them costs an estimated $18,400 to $73,500 when you apply SHRM's 50% to 200% replacement-cost multiple to that salary. Your real cost depends on hiring speed, how long training takes, and coverage during the transition.
Estimated cost of turnover: Medical Assistants vs regional average
| Measure | Medical Assistants | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Estimated cost of turnover | $36,770 | $75,035 |