Turnover Cost: Medical Assistants, Delaware (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Medical Assistants · Delaware, United States

$22,200 – $88,600estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $44,300 for Medical Assistants in Delaware, 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 Delaware, 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

A medical assistant salary in Delaware averages an annual mean wage of $44,300. The estimated replacement cost is $22,200 to $88,600 based on SHRM's 50% to 200% replacement-cost multiple applied to that government wage. Real outcomes depend on market conditions, training needs, and the productivity lag during the hire-and-ramp phase.

Estimated cost of turnover: Medical Assistants vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Delaware, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureMedical AssistantsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$44,300$86,199

Related benchmarks

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