Turnover Cost: Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Virginia

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants · Virginia, United States

$24,900 – $99,400estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $49,720 for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Virginia, 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 Virginia, 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

At $49,720, Virginia's secretaries and administrative assistants earned their annual mean wage in May 2025. The replacement cost is estimated at $24,900 to $99,400 when applying SHRM's cited 50% to 200% multiplier to the wage. Your true cost will depend on vacancy duration, training time, and work left pending.

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

Estimated cost of turnover in Virginia, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureSecretaries and Administrative AssistantsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$49,720$90,036

Related benchmarks

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