Turnover Cost: Nursing Assistants, Pennsylvania (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Nursing Assistants · Pennsylvania, United States

$22,000 – $87,900estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $43,960 for Nursing Assistants in Pennsylvania, 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 Pennsylvania, United States

Annual mean wage — the input to the estimate above, compared directly rather than as a derived range. See all 32 industries.

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What this means

Pennsylvania's wage baseline for Nursing Assistants sits at an annual mean wage of $43,960, recorded in May 2025 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The estimated cost to replace one is $22,000 to $87,900, using SHRM's 50% to 200% replacement multiple applied to that wage. This range is a planning estimate; your organization's real cost will depend on time-to-fill, training duration, and productivity loss.

Estimated cost of turnover: Nursing Assistants vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Pennsylvania, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureNursing AssistantsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$43,960$80,393