Turnover Cost: Database Administrators, California (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Database Administrators · California, United States

$60,800 – $243,000estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $121,500 for Database Administrators in California, 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 Database Administrators compares in California, 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

The annual mean wage for Database Administrators in California is $121,500, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' May 2025 survey. Applying SHRM's 50% to 200% replacement-cost multiplier to that wage produces an estimated range of $60,800 to $243,000 per departure. This covers hiring and training outlays plus the cost of reduced productivity while the role remains open or while a new hire reaches full effectiveness.

Estimated cost of turnover: Database Administrators vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in California, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureDatabase AdministratorsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$121,500$104,696

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