Turnover Cost: Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Colorado

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants · Colorado, United States

$25,400 – $101,400estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $50,700 for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Colorado, 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 Colorado, 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

An annual mean wage of $50,700 applies to Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Colorado, per Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Replacing one of them costs between $25,400 and $101,400 when you apply SHRM's 50% to 200% replacement-cost multiple. Time-to-hire, training, and lost productivity affect your actual cost.

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

Estimated cost of turnover in Colorado, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureSecretaries and Administrative AssistantsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$50,700$94,189

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