Turnover Cost: Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, New Mexico

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants · New Mexico, United States

$23,700 – $94,800estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $47,380 for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in New Mexico, 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 New Mexico, 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

Staffing an administrative team in New Mexico means covering an annual mean wage of $47,380 per person. Losing one to turnover costs $23,700 to $94,800 to replace, applying Gallup's 50% to 200% replacement-cost estimate to that wage. The figure is a budget guide; actual replacement costs move based on how long hiring takes, how quickly people ramp up, and how much work backs up.

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

Estimated cost of turnover in New Mexico, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureSecretaries and Administrative AssistantsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$47,380$77,612

Related benchmarks

BenchmarkAccountants and Auditors, New Mexico, United StatesEstimated cost of turnover: $84,320 (2025-may).BenchmarkAssemblers and Fabricators, New Mexico, United StatesEstimated cost of turnover: $43,450 (2025-may).BenchmarkAutomotive Service Technicians and Mechanics, New Mexico, United StatesEstimated cost of turnover: $51,790 (2025-may).BenchmarkComputer Network Architects, New Mexico, United StatesEstimated cost of turnover: $108,650 (2025-may).