Turnover Cost: Accountants and Auditors, New York (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Accountants and Auditors · New York, United States

$57,000 – $228,100estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $114,070 for Accountants and Auditors in New York, 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 New York, 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

New York's accountants and auditors carried an annual mean wage of $114,070 in May 2025, per Bureau of Labor Statistics data. The estimated cost to replace one is $57,000 to $228,100, applying SHRM's cited 50% to 200% multiplier to that wage. The final number depends on how long the position stays vacant, how fast you can train a new hire, and how productivity recovers.

Estimated cost of turnover: Accountants and Auditors vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in New York, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureAccountants and AuditorsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$114,070$98,119

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