Turnover Cost: Elementary School Teachers, Pennsylvania

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Elementary School Teachers · Pennsylvania, United States

$37,900 – $151,600estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $75,780 for Elementary School Teachers in Pennsylvania, 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 Pennsylvania, 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

An elementary school teacher in Pennsylvania earns an annual mean wage of $75,780 per the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025). Replacing that educator costs $37,900 to $151,600 when you apply SHRM's 50% to 200% replacement-cost multiple. Factor in time-to-hire, training, and lost classroom productivity during transition.

Estimated cost of turnover: Elementary School Teachers vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Pennsylvania, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureElementary School TeachersRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$75,780$80,393

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