Turnover Cost: Database Administrators, North Carolina

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Database Administrators · North Carolina, United States

$56,600 – $226,500estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $113,260 for Database Administrators in North Carolina, 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 North Carolina, 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

Database Administrators in North Carolina command an annual mean wage of $113,260. SHRM's replacement-cost benchmark of 50% to 200% of annual salary puts the estimated range at $56,600 to $226,500. Real costs will shift based on how long roles stay vacant, how fast new hires ramp, and how central the position is to your operations.

Estimated cost of turnover: Database Administrators vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in North Carolina, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureDatabase AdministratorsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$113,260$82,246

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