Turnover Cost: Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Georgia

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants · Georgia, United States

$21,700 – $86,700estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $43,340 for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Georgia, 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 Georgia, 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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  • Waiters and Waitresses

What this means

Georgia's annual mean wage for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants is $43,340 according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Replacing one of them costs between $21,700 and $86,700 when you apply SHRM's 50% to 200% replacement-cost multiple to that wage. Your actual cost depends on vacancy duration, onboarding time, and work that doesn't get done while staffing.

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

Estimated cost of turnover in Georgia, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureSecretaries and Administrative AssistantsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$43,340$83,454

Related benchmarks

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