Turnover Cost: Electricians, District of Columbia (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Electricians · District of Columbia, United States

$44,400 – $177,700estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $88,860 for Electricians in District of Columbia, 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 Electricians compares in District of Columbia, 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

In the District of Columbia, Electricians earn an annual mean wage of $88,860. The estimated replacement cost of $44,400 to $177,700 comes from applying SHRM's 50% to 200% rule to that wage. Whether you land at the lower or upper end depends on your hiring timeline, team capacity to train, and how productivity suffers in the meantime.

Estimated cost of turnover: Electricians vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in District of Columbia, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureElectriciansRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$88,860$99,584