Turnover Cost: Database Administrators, Michigan (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Database Administrators · Michigan, United States

$50,700 – $202,800estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $101,420 for Database Administrators in Michigan, 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 Michigan, 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

Michigan's Database Administrators earn an annual mean wage of $101,420 according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Replacing one costs an estimated $50,700 to $202,800, calculated using SHRM's 50 to 200 percent replacement-cost multiple applied to that wage. Time-to-fill, ramp-up speed, and lost productivity all influence your actual replacement cost.

Estimated cost of turnover: Database Administrators vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Michigan, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureDatabase AdministratorsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$101,420$79,512

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