Turnover Cost: Data Scientists, Tennessee (2025)

Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Data Scientists population in Tennessee, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).

Estimated cost of turnover

Data Scientists · Tennessee, United States

$52,600 – $210,400estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $105,200 for Data Scientists in Tennessee, 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 Tennessee, 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

Tennessee's annual mean wage for Data Scientists is $105,200, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics figures. Applying Gallup's 50% to 200% replacement-cost range to that wage yields an estimate of $52,600 to $210,400. The wide spread reflects multiple costs: recruiting, training, lost output, and the ramp-up period before the new hire reaches full productivity.

Estimated cost of turnover: Data Scientists vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Tennessee, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureData ScientistsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$105,200$77,144