Turnover Cost: Database Administrators, Indiana (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Database Administrators · Indiana, United States

$49,000 – $196,100estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $98,070 for Database Administrators in Indiana, 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 Indiana, 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

An annual mean wage of $98,070 applies to Database Administrators in Indiana, per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The cost to replace one ranges from $49,000 to $196,100, derived by applying SHRM's 50 to 200 percent replacement-cost multiple to that wage. Your replacement cost depends on how long the position remains open, how quickly new hires ramp up, and any interim work gaps.

Estimated cost of turnover: Database Administrators vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Indiana, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureDatabase AdministratorsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$98,070$77,785

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