Turnover Cost: Nursing Assistants, California (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Nursing Assistants · California, United States

$25,100 – $100,400estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $50,190 for Nursing Assistants in California, 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 California, 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

Annual mean wage for Nursing Assistants in California is $50,190 per the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025). The replacement cost runs $25,100 to $100,400 when you apply Gallup's one-half to two times salary multiple to that wage. Actual cost depends on hiring speed and ramp-up timeline.

Estimated cost of turnover: Nursing Assistants vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in California, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureNursing AssistantsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$50,190$104,696

Related benchmarks

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