Turnover Cost: Nursing Assistants, Colorado (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Nursing Assistants · Colorado, United States

$23,700 – $94,800estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $47,400 for Nursing Assistants in Colorado, 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 Colorado, 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

Replacing a Nursing Assistant in Colorado carries an estimated cost of $23,700 to $94,800, based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics' annual mean wage of $47,400 (May 2025) and the Work Institute's 33% to 200% replacement-cost multiple. That range assumes a median time-to-fill and ramp-up curve. The real figure shifts with how quickly you hire and how long onboarding takes.

Estimated cost of turnover: Nursing Assistants vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Colorado, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureNursing AssistantsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$47,400$94,189