Turnover Cost: Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Illinois

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants · Illinois, United States

$26,000 – $104,100estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $52,070 for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Illinois, 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 Illinois, 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 annual mean wage for secretaries and administrative assistants in Illinois is $52,070, per the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Replacing one costs an estimated $26,000 to $104,100 using SHRM's 50% to 200% replacement-cost multiple. Time-to-fill, training, and lost productivity during ramp-up drive the real figure.

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

Estimated cost of turnover in Illinois, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureSecretaries and Administrative AssistantsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$52,070$86,267

Related benchmarks

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