Turnover Cost: Nursing Assistants, Massachusetts (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Nursing Assistants · Massachusetts, United States

$23,900 – $95,400estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $47,700 for Nursing Assistants in Massachusetts, 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 Massachusetts, 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

Massachusetts nursing assistants earn an annual mean wage of $47,700. The estimated cost to replace one is $23,900 to $95,400, calculated using Gallup's 50% to 200% replacement-cost estimate of annual salary. Real costs depend on regional hiring competition, staff training requirements, and care-delivery losses during the vacancy.

Estimated cost of turnover: Nursing Assistants vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Massachusetts, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureNursing AssistantsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$47,700$99,163