Turnover Cost: Nursing Assistants, Alabama (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Nursing Assistants · Alabama, United States

$16,800 – $67,300estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $33,670 for Nursing Assistants in Alabama, 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 Nursing Assistants compares in Alabama, 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

Nursing Assistants in Alabama earn an annual mean wage of $33,670 per the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025). Replacing one costs between $16,800 and $67,300, based on Gallup's finding that replacement costs range from one-half to two times an employee's annual salary. The real figure depends on how fast you can hire and how steeply the new hire ramps up.

Estimated cost of turnover: Nursing Assistants vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Alabama, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureNursing AssistantsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$33,670$75,035