Turnover Cost: Medical Assistants, South Carolina (2025)
Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Medical Assistants population in South Carolina, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).
Medical Assistants · South Carolina, United States
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $42,340 for Medical Assistants in South Carolina, 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 South Carolina, 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
Losing a Medical Assistant in South Carolina means facing a replacement cost of $21,200 to $84,700. That range comes from applying Gallup's 50% to 200% salary multiple to the annual mean wage of $42,340 per the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Your organization's real cost will reflect time-to-fill, how fast new hires become productive, and lost work.
Estimated cost of turnover: Medical Assistants vs regional average
| Measure | Medical Assistants | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Estimated cost of turnover | $42,340 | $79,075 |