Turnover Cost: Database Architects, Minnesota (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Database Architects · Minnesota, United States

$67,200 – $268,900estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $134,470 for Database Architects in Minnesota, 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 Minnesota, United States

Annual mean wage — the input to the estimate above, compared directly rather than as a derived range. See all 33 industries.

  • Computer and Information Systems Managers
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What this means

Minnesota's Database Architects earn an annual mean wage of $134,470 per the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025). The estimated replacement cost for losing one ranges from $67,200 to $268,900, derived using Gallup's metric (50% to 200% of salary) applied to that wage. The final cost to your organization depends on your market's hiring pace and how long your new architect takes to perform at the level of the person who left.

Estimated cost of turnover: Database Architects vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Minnesota, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureDatabase ArchitectsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$134,470$86,308

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