Turnover Cost: Medical Assistants, Georgia (2025)
Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Medical Assistants population in Georgia, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).
Medical Assistants · Georgia, United States
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $42,590 for Medical Assistants in Georgia, 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 Georgia, 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
Turnover of a medical assistant in Georgia means losing talent who earns an annual mean wage of $42,590. The cost to replace one is estimated at $21,300 to $85,200 when you apply SHRM's 50% to 200% replacement-cost multiple to that salary. Budget for differences in time-to-fill, onboarding intensity, and lost output.
Estimated cost of turnover: Medical Assistants vs regional average
| Measure | Medical Assistants | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Estimated cost of turnover | $42,590 | $83,454 |