Turnover Cost: Nursing Assistants, Tennessee (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Nursing Assistants · Tennessee, United States

$19,100 – $76,500estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $38,230 for Nursing Assistants in Tennessee, 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 Tennessee, United States

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

  • Computer and Information Systems Managers
  • Medical Assistants
  • Nursing Assistants
  • Restaurant Cooks
  • Waiters and Waitresses

What this means

Nursing Assistant turnover in Tennessee starts with the annual mean wage: $38,230 in May 2025, per the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Using SHRM's replacement-cost multiple of 50% to 200%, the estimated cost to replace one is $19,100 to $76,500. This range is a planning estimate; your actual cost depends on time-to-recruit, length of onboarding, and productivity loss.

Estimated cost of turnover: Nursing Assistants vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Tennessee, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureNursing AssistantsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$38,230$77,144

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