Turnover Cost: Medical Assistants, Nebraska (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Medical Assistants · Nebraska, United States

$24,000 – $96,100estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $48,040 for Medical Assistants in Nebraska, 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 Nebraska, 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

Nebraska Medical Assistants earn an annual mean wage of $48,040 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Applying the Work Institute replacement-cost estimate (33% to 200% of annual salary) to this wage yields a cost range of $24,000 to $96,100 for replacing one position. This is a baseline for budgeting; the actual figure depends on how long it takes to hire and train a new assistant, and how much productivity is lost during the vacancy.

Estimated cost of turnover: Medical Assistants vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Nebraska, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureMedical AssistantsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$48,040$76,434