Turnover Cost: Database Administrators, Massachusetts (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Database Administrators · Massachusetts, United States

$63,400 – $253,600estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $126,790 for Database Administrators in Massachusetts, 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 Massachusetts, 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

At $126,790 annually, Database Administrators in Massachusetts receive that annual mean wage according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The cost to replace one ranges from $63,400 to $253,600, derived using SHRM's 50 to 200 percent replacement-cost multiple applied to that wage. Replacement cost depends on vacancy duration, how quickly new hires become productive, and any interim productivity loss.

Estimated cost of turnover: Database Administrators vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Massachusetts, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureDatabase AdministratorsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$126,790$99,163