Turnover Cost: Data Scientists, Pennsylvania (2025)
Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Data Scientists population in Pennsylvania, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).
Data Scientists · Pennsylvania, United States
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $110,810 for Data Scientists in Pennsylvania, 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 Pennsylvania, United States
Annual mean wage — the input to the estimate above, compared directly rather than as a derived range. See all 32 industries.
What this means
Data Scientists in Pennsylvania have an annual mean wage of $110,810 according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Applying Gallup's replacement-cost rule of thumb (50% to 200% of salary), that translates to an estimated $55,400 to $221,600 cost per departure. How quickly you fill the role, ramp up the new hire, and recover lost productivity shapes where your actual cost lands in that range.
Estimated cost of turnover: Data Scientists vs regional average
| Measure | Data Scientists | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Estimated cost of turnover | $110,810 | $80,393 |