Turnover Cost: Medical Assistants, Maine (2025)
Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Medical Assistants population in Maine, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).
Medical Assistants · Maine, United States
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $49,000 for Medical Assistants in Maine, 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 Maine, United States
Annual mean wage — the input to the estimate above, compared directly rather than as a derived range. See all 32 industries.
What this means
The Bureau of Labor Statistics sets the annual mean wage for Medical Assistants in Maine at $49,000. Replacing one costs an estimated $24,500 to $98,000, using SHRM's 50% to 200% salary multiple as the basis. Regional hiring difficulty, your training timeline, and patient-care disruption during the vacancy will all affect what replacement actually costs you.
Estimated cost of turnover: Medical Assistants vs regional average
| Measure | Medical Assistants | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Estimated cost of turnover | $49,000 | $79,115 |