Turnover Cost: Elementary School Teachers, Maryland (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Elementary School Teachers · Maryland, United States

$40,000 – $160,200estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $80,090 for Elementary School Teachers in Maryland, 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 Maryland, 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

Replacing a Maryland elementary school teacher costs between $40,000 and $160,200, based on an annual mean wage of $80,090 (Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025) and SHRM's 50% to 200% multiple. This range derives from the wage and the cited multiple, not from government replacement-cost data. Your actual cost depends on time-to-hire and how long onboarding takes.

Estimated cost of turnover: Elementary School Teachers vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Maryland, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureElementary School TeachersRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$80,090$93,226

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