Turnover Cost: Database Administrators, Kentucky (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Database Administrators · Kentucky, United States

$46,000 – $184,200estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $92,080 for Database Administrators in Kentucky, 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 Kentucky, United States

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

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What this means

The annual mean wage for Database Administrators in Kentucky is $92,080 according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The estimated cost to replace one ranges from $46,000 to $184,200, based on applying SHRM's 50 to 200 percent replacement-cost multiple to that wage. Your actual cost will vary with how long the role stays vacant, onboarding speed, and productivity loss during transition.

Estimated cost of turnover: Database Administrators vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Kentucky, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureDatabase AdministratorsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$92,080$74,981

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