Turnover Cost: Database Administrators, New York (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Database Administrators · New York, United States

$57,100 – $228,200estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $114,100 for Database Administrators in New York, 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 York, 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 York's market for Database Administrators starts with an annual mean wage of $114,100 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Gallup puts the cost of replacing one at one-half to two times annual salary, landing between $57,100 and $228,200. Your replacement timeline, training investment, and productivity recovery speed will determine where you actually fall within that range.

Estimated cost of turnover: Database Administrators vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in New York, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureDatabase AdministratorsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$114,100$98,119

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