Turnover Cost: Medical Assistants, Arkansas (2025)

Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Medical Assistants population in Arkansas, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).

Estimated cost of turnover

Medical Assistants · Arkansas, United States

$19,500 – $77,900estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $38,930 for Medical Assistants in Arkansas, 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 Arkansas, United States

Annual mean wage — the input to the estimate above, compared directly rather than as a derived range. See all 31 industries.

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What this means

Medical assistant roles in Arkansas carry an annual mean wage of $38,930. The cost to replace one ranges from an estimated $19,500 to $77,900 when you apply the 50% to 200% replacement-cost multiple from SHRM to the government wage figure. That range is an estimate; actual costs shift with how quickly you fill the role, ramp the new hire, and cover the workload gap.

Estimated cost of turnover: Medical Assistants vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Arkansas, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureMedical AssistantsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$38,930$69,554

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