Turnover Cost: Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Florida

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants · Florida, United States

$24,400 – $97,500estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $48,730 for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Florida, 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 Florida, United States

Annual mean wage — the input to the estimate above, compared directly rather than as a derived range. See all 33 industries.

  • Computer and Information Systems Managers
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What this means

Replacing a Secretary or Administrative Assistant in Florida costs an estimated $24,400 to $97,500, based on an annual mean wage of $48,730 from Bureau of Labor Statistics data. That cost range comes from applying SHRM's 50% to 200% replacement-cost rule to the wage. Time-to-hire, training speed, and lost productivity shape your final expense.

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

Estimated cost of turnover in Florida, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureSecretaries and Administrative AssistantsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$48,730$81,915

Related benchmarks

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