Turnover Cost: Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Maine

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants · Maine, United States

$25,600 – $102,400estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $51,220 for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Maine, 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 Maine, United States

Annual mean wage — the input to the estimate above, compared directly rather than as a derived range. See all 32 industries.

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What this means

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the annual mean wage for secretaries and administrative assistants in Maine is $51,220. Replacing one costs an estimated $25,600 to $102,400 using SHRM's 50% to 200% replacement-cost multiple. Time-to-fill, training, and productivity ramp-up shape the real cost.

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

Estimated cost of turnover in Maine, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureSecretaries and Administrative AssistantsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$51,220$79,115

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