Turnover Cost: Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, California

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants · California, United States

$28,900 – $115,400estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $57,710 for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in California, 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 California, 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

California's annual mean wage for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants is $57,710 according to Bureau of Labor Statistics records. Replacing someone at that wage costs between $28,900 and $115,400 using SHRM's 50% to 200% replacement-cost multiple. Time-to-hire, training duration, and lost output all shift your actual expense.

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

Estimated cost of turnover in California, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureSecretaries and Administrative AssistantsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$57,710$104,696

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