Turnover Cost: Database Administrators, Pennsylvania (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Database Administrators · Pennsylvania, United States

$52,100 – $208,400estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $104,210 for Database Administrators in Pennsylvania, 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 Pennsylvania, 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

$104,210 is the annual mean wage for Database Administrators in Pennsylvania (Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025). Using SHRM's 50% to 200% replacement-cost multiple, the estimated cost to replace one of these professionals is $52,100 to $208,400. Time-to-fill, ramp-up, and lost productivity will shape the real cost.

Estimated cost of turnover: Database Administrators vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Pennsylvania, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureDatabase AdministratorsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$104,210$80,393

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