Turnover Cost: Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Arkansas

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants · Arkansas, United States

$19,900 – $79,800estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $39,890 for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Arkansas, 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 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants compares in Arkansas, 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

$39,890 is the annual mean wage for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Arkansas, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Replacing one costs $19,900 to $79,800 when you apply SHRM's 50% to 200% replacement-cost multiple to that wage. Time-to-hire, training speed, and lost productivity affect your actual number.

Estimated cost of turnover: Secretaries and Administrative Assistants vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Arkansas, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureSecretaries and Administrative AssistantsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$39,890$69,554

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