Turnover Cost: Nursing Assistants, North Carolina (2025)
Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Nursing Assistants population in North Carolina, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).
Nursing Assistants · North Carolina, United States
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $39,280 for Nursing Assistants in North Carolina, 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 North Carolina, United States
Annual mean wage — the input to the estimate above, compared directly rather than as a derived range. See all 32 industries.
What this means
North Carolina's Nursing Assistants commanded an annual mean wage of $39,280 in May 2025. Replacing one costs between $19,600 and $78,600 when you apply Gallup's research on replacement, which runs 50% to 200% of annual salary. The final figure depends on your region's hiring difficulty, the ramp time for new staff, and what output suffers while you recruit.
Estimated cost of turnover: Nursing Assistants vs regional average
| Measure | Nursing Assistants | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Estimated cost of turnover | $39,280 | $82,246 |