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).

Estimated cost of turnover

Medical Assistants · Illinois, United States

$22,900 – $91,500estimated range, 2025-may

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.

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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

Estimated cost of turnover in Illinois, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureMedical AssistantsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$45,770$86,267