Turnover Cost: Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Arizona

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants · Arizona, United States

$25,100 – $100,300estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $50,130 for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Arizona, 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 Arizona, 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

The replacement cost for a Secretary or Administrative Assistant in Arizona runs $25,100 to $100,300, based on an annual mean wage of $50,130 from Bureau of Labor Statistics data. That range comes from applying SHRM's 50% to 200% replacement-cost multiple to the salary. How much you spend depends on vacancy duration, onboarding time, and work interruption.

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

Estimated cost of turnover in Arizona, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureSecretaries and Administrative AssistantsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$50,130$84,280

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