Turnover Cost: Nursing Assistants, Arkansas (2025)
Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Nursing Assistants population in Arkansas, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).
Nursing Assistants · Arkansas, United States
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $33,970 for Nursing Assistants in Arkansas, 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 Arkansas, United States
Annual mean wage — the input to the estimate above, compared directly rather than as a derived range. See all 31 industries.
What this means
In Arkansas, the annual mean wage for Nursing Assistants is $33,970 as of May 2025 (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics). The cost to replace one ranges from $17,000 to $67,900, based on the Work Institute's estimate that turnover costs between 33% and 200% of annual salary. Time to hire and ramp-up speed are the variables that shift the actual cost within that band.
Estimated cost of turnover: Nursing Assistants vs regional average
| Measure | Nursing Assistants | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Estimated cost of turnover | $33,970 | $69,554 |