Turnover Cost: Accountants and Auditors, District of Columbia

Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Accountants and Auditors population in District of Columbia, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).

Estimated cost of turnover

Accountants and Auditors · District of Columbia, United States

$61,300 – $245,400estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $122,680 for Accountants and Auditors in District of Columbia, 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 Accountants and Auditors compares in District of Columbia, 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

The annual mean wage of $122,680 for Accountants and Auditors in the District of Columbia (Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025) forms the basis for the replacement-cost estimate. Applying SHRM and Gallup's 50% to 200% multiple to that wage yields a range of $61,300 to $245,400. Position fill-time, onboarding demands, and workflow interruption drive variation within that estimate.

Estimated cost of turnover: Accountants and Auditors vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in District of Columbia, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureAccountants and AuditorsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$122,680$99,584

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