Turnover Cost: Nursing Assistants, Louisiana (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Nursing Assistants · Louisiana, United States

$16,100 – $64,500estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $32,250 for Nursing Assistants in Louisiana, 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 Louisiana, United States

Annual mean wage — the input to the estimate above, compared directly rather than as a derived range. See all 31 industries.

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What this means

Nursing assistants in Louisiana earn an annual mean wage of $32,250. The estimated cost to replace one runs $16,100 to $64,500, using SHRM's 50% to 200% replacement-cost estimate applied to annual salary. Time-to-fill, onboarding pace, and patient coverage gaps during staffing transitions affect your actual replacement expense.

Estimated cost of turnover: Nursing Assistants vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Louisiana, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureNursing AssistantsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$32,250$68,213