Turnover Cost: Database Administrators, North Dakota (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Database Administrators · North Dakota, United States

$43,300 – $173,100estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $86,530 for Database Administrators in North Dakota, 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 Dakota, United States

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What this means

North Dakota reports an annual mean wage of $86,530 for Database Administrators. When you apply Gallup's finding that replacement costs span one-half to two times annual salary, the estimated range is $43,300 to $173,100. That estimate will be higher or lower depending on your hiring timeline, the intensity of ramp-up, and post-vacancy productivity impact.

Estimated cost of turnover: Database Administrators vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in North Dakota, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureDatabase AdministratorsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$86,530$75,814

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