Turnover Cost: Nursing Assistants, Iowa (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Nursing Assistants · Iowa, United States

$20,700 – $83,000estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $41,490 for Nursing Assistants in Iowa, 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 Iowa, 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 Iowa earn an annual mean wage of $41,490 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Replacing one costs an estimated $20,700 to $83,000, based on applying SHRM's replacement-cost estimate of 50% to 200% of annual salary. Real costs depend on hiring speed, training duration, and productivity gaps.

Estimated cost of turnover: Nursing Assistants vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Iowa, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureNursing AssistantsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$41,490$75,472