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).
Nursing Assistants · Colorado, United States
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.
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
| Measure | Nursing Assistants | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Estimated cost of turnover | $47,400 | $94,189 |