Turnover Cost: Database Administrators, Illinois (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Database Administrators · Illinois, United States

$54,200 – $216,600estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $108,300 for Database Administrators in Illinois, 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 Illinois, 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

Database Administrators in Illinois have an annual mean wage of $108,300 according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Replacing one costs an estimated $54,200 to $216,600, calculated using SHRM's 50 to 200 percent replacement-cost multiple applied to that wage. Time-to-fill, onboarding pace, and lost productivity all influence your actual replacement cost.

Estimated cost of turnover: Database Administrators vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Illinois, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureDatabase AdministratorsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$108,300$86,267

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