Turnover Cost: Medical Assistants, Tennessee (2025)
Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Medical Assistants population in Tennessee, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).
Medical Assistants · Tennessee, United States
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $41,480 for Medical Assistants in Tennessee, 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 Tennessee, 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
Staff turnover in Tennessee carries a replacement cost of $20,700 to $83,000 for a Medical Assistant position. That estimate applies SHRM's 50% to 200% salary multiple to the annual mean wage of $41,480 per the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Actual cost depends on time-to-fill, ramp-up duration, and the work that backs up during the search.
Estimated cost of turnover: Medical Assistants vs regional average
| Measure | Medical Assistants | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Estimated cost of turnover | $41,480 | $77,144 |