Turnover Cost: Medical Assistants, Illinois (2025)
Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Medical Assistants population in Illinois, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).
Medical Assistants · Illinois, United States
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $45,770 for Medical Assistants in Illinois, 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 Illinois, 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 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports an annual mean wage of $45,770 for Medical Assistants in Illinois. Losing one to turnover runs an estimated $22,900 to $91,500, derived from the Work Institute's 33% to 200% replacement cost multiple applied to that wage. Organizations should factor their own labor market, hiring speed, and productivity disruption when planning for this cost.
Estimated cost of turnover: Medical Assistants vs regional average
| Measure | Medical Assistants | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Estimated cost of turnover | $45,770 | $86,267 |