Turnover Cost: General and Operations Managers, Wisconsin

Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected General and Operations Managers population in Wisconsin, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).

Estimated cost of turnover

General and Operations Managers · Wisconsin, United States

$70,200 – $280,700estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $140,350 for General and Operations Managers in Wisconsin, 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 General and Operations Managers compares in Wisconsin, 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

General and Operations Managers in Wisconsin earn an annual mean wage of $140,350, per the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Replacing one costs between $70,200 and $280,700 when you apply SHRM's 50-to-200-percent replacement-cost ratio to that wage. The actual amount depends on how long hiring takes, how quickly the new manager gets up to speed, and how much work stalls during the vacancy.

Estimated cost of turnover: General and Operations Managers vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Wisconsin, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureGeneral and Operations ManagersRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$140,350$81,266

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