Turnover Cost: Data Scientists, Arkansas (2025)
Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Data Scientists population in Arkansas, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).
Data Scientists · Arkansas, United States
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $116,320 for Data Scientists in Arkansas, 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 Data Scientists compares in Arkansas, United States
Annual mean wage — the input to the estimate above, compared directly rather than as a derived range. See all 31 industries.
What this means
Data Scientists in Arkansas earn an annual mean wage of $116,320 per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The cost to replace one of them falls between $58,200 and $232,600 when you apply SHRM's 50% to 200% replacement-cost range to that salary. Those figures are planning estimates; actual costs depend on hiring speed, onboarding duration, and productivity loss during the vacancy.
Estimated cost of turnover: Data Scientists vs regional average
| Measure | Data Scientists | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Estimated cost of turnover | $116,320 | $69,554 |