Turnover Cost: Database Administrators, District of Columbia

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Database Administrators · District of Columbia, United States

$57,900 – $231,600estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $115,790 for Database Administrators in District of Columbia, 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 District of Columbia, United States

Annual mean wage — the input to the estimate above, compared directly rather than as a derived range. See all 32 industries.

  • Computer and Information Systems Managers
  • Human Resources Specialists
  • Database Administrators
  • Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
  • Retail Salespersons

What this means

Database Administrators in the District of Columbia earned an annual mean wage of $115,790 as of May 2025 per the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That wage multiplied by SHRM's 50% to 200% replacement-cost range yields an estimated loss of $57,900 to $231,600 per departure. The range captures direct costs of hiring and training plus the indirect costs of vacancy and ramp-up time.

Estimated cost of turnover: Database Administrators vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in District of Columbia, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureDatabase AdministratorsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$115,790$99,584

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