Turnover Cost: Elementary School Teachers, Illinois (2025)

Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Elementary School Teachers population in Illinois, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).

Estimated cost of turnover

Elementary School Teachers · Illinois, United States

$37,300 – $149,300estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $74,630 for Elementary School Teachers in Illinois, 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 Elementary School Teachers compares in Illinois, United States

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

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What this means

$74,630 is the annual mean wage for elementary school teachers in Illinois, per Bureau of Labor Statistics data from May 2025. Replacing someone at that salary costs between $37,300 and $149,300 when you apply SHRM's 50% to 200% replacement-cost multiple. The real cost depends on how quickly you hire and how long productivity ramps.

Estimated cost of turnover: Elementary School Teachers vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Illinois, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureElementary School TeachersRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$74,630$86,267

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