Turnover Cost: Medical Assistants, California (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Medical Assistants · California, United States

$27,600 – $110,200estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $55,100 for Medical Assistants 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 Medical Assistants 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

Compensation for medical assistants in California reaches an annual mean wage of $55,100. When one departs, the replacement cost estimate is $27,600 to $110,200, derived from SHRM's 50% to 200% replacement-cost range applied to that wage. How quickly you hire, train, and restore full output determines whether you land near the low end or the high.

Estimated cost of turnover: Medical Assistants vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in California, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureMedical AssistantsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$55,100$104,696

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