Turnover Cost: Database Architects, Iowa (2025)
Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Database Architects population in Iowa, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).
Database Architects · Iowa, United States
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $122,810 for Database Architects in Iowa, 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 Architects compares in Iowa, United States
Annual mean wage — the input to the estimate above, compared directly rather than as a derived range. See all 33 industries.
What this means
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports an annual mean wage of $122,810 for Database Architects in Iowa as of May 2025. Replacing one of these professionals carries an estimated cost of $61,400 to $245,600, based on applying SHRM's rule of thumb (50% to 200% of annual salary) to that wage. The actual figure depends on factors like time-to-fill, ramp-up duration, and lost productivity during the vacancy.
Estimated cost of turnover: Database Architects vs regional average
| Measure | Database Architects | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Estimated cost of turnover | $122,810 | $75,472 |