Turnover Cost: Database Administrators, New Jersey (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Database Administrators · New Jersey, United States

$62,500 – $250,100estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $125,070 for Database Administrators in New Jersey, 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 New Jersey, 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

New Jersey's data shows an annual mean wage of $125,070 for Database Administrators. Gallup estimates replacement costs at one-half to two times annual salary, yielding $62,500 to $250,100. Plan for that range when modeling turnover risk; your specific cost will hinge on hiring pace, ramp-up timeline, and post-vacancy productivity recovery.

Estimated cost of turnover: Database Administrators vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in New Jersey, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureDatabase AdministratorsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$125,070$97,203

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