Turnover Cost: Medical Assistants, South Dakota (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Medical Assistants · South Dakota, United States

$21,100 – $84,300estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $42,170 for Medical Assistants in South Dakota, 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 Dakota, United States

Annual mean wage — the input to the estimate above, compared directly rather than as a derived range. See all 32 industries.

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What this means

The data for South Dakota shows an annual mean wage of $42,170 for Medical Assistants according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The estimated replacement cost is $21,100 to $84,300 using the Work Institute's 33% to 200% model. Time-to-fill, ramp-up speed, and lost productivity are the variables that determine your actual expense.

Estimated cost of turnover: Medical Assistants vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in South Dakota, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureMedical AssistantsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$42,170$75,439

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