Turnover Cost: Database Administrators, Tennessee (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Database Administrators · Tennessee, United States

$54,800 – $219,100estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $109,570 for Database Administrators in Tennessee, 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 Tennessee, 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

Tennessee employers lose significant productivity when a Database Administrator leaves. The annual mean wage for this role is $109,570 (Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025), and the estimated replacement cost is $54,800 to $219,100 using Gallup's one-half to two times multiple. Costs will vary based on time-to-fill, ramp-up, and lost productivity.

Estimated cost of turnover: Database Administrators vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Tennessee, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureDatabase AdministratorsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$109,570$77,144

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