Turnover Cost: Database Administrators, Colorado (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Database Administrators · Colorado, United States

$57,600 – $230,300estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $115,130 for Database Administrators in Colorado, 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 Colorado, 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

Colorado paid Database Administrators an annual mean wage of $115,130 in May 2025 per the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Converting that figure to a replacement cost using the 50% to 200% range from SHRM yields $57,600 to $230,300 per lost professional. Time-to-fill and time-to-productivity will shape how much of that range an organization actually encounters in practice.

Estimated cost of turnover: Database Administrators vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Colorado, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureDatabase AdministratorsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$115,130$94,189

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