Turnover Cost: Elementary School Teachers, Minnesota (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Elementary School Teachers · Minnesota, United States

$37,400 – $149,600estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $74,790 for Elementary School Teachers 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 Elementary School Teachers 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.

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What this means

The replacement cost for an elementary school teacher in Minnesota runs $37,400 to $149,600, derived from the annual mean wage of $74,790 and SHRM's 50% to 200% multiple. This range comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' May 2025 wage figure and the cited multiple, not from government replacement-cost data. Actual costs depend on your time-to-fill and how quickly the new hire becomes productive.

Estimated cost of turnover: Elementary School Teachers vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Minnesota, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureElementary School TeachersRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$74,790$86,308

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