Turnover Cost: Human Resources Specialists, Utah (2025)

Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Human Resources Specialists population in Utah, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).

Estimated cost of turnover

Human Resources Specialists · Utah, United States

$38,800 – $155,200estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $77,610 for Human Resources Specialists in Utah, 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 Human Resources Specialists compares in Utah, 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 annual mean wage of $77,610 defines compensation for HR specialists in Utah according to Bureau of Labor Statistics. Replacement cost for one specialist ranges from $38,800 to $155,200 by applying SHRM's 50% to 200% salary-replacement multiplier to that base figure. Actual costs reflect time-to-fill, ramp-up duration, and productivity loss, which vary case by case.

Estimated cost of turnover: Human Resources Specialists vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Utah, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureHuman Resources SpecialistsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$77,610$82,038

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