Turnover Cost: Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers, District of Columbia

Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers population in District of Columbia, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).

Estimated cost of turnover

Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers · District of Columbia, United States

$46,200 – $184,800estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $92,390 for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in District of Columbia, 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 Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers compares in District of Columbia, 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

When a Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officer leaves an agency in the District of Columbia, the loss includes an annual mean wage of $92,390. Replacing that officer costs $46,200 to $184,800 when applying Gallup's 50% to 200% replacement estimate to annual salary. Actual costs vary with time-to-fill, ramp-up, and lost productivity during the transition.

Estimated cost of turnover: Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in District of Columbia, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasurePolice and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$92,390$99,584

Related benchmarks

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