Turnover Cost: Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers, Iowa

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers · Iowa, United States

$38,100 – $152,600estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $76,280 for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Iowa, 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 Iowa, 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 Bureau of Labor Statistics puts the annual mean wage for officers in Iowa at $76,280 as of May 2025. That drives replacement costs of $38,100 to $152,600, applying SHRM's 50% to 200% range to that wage. Real expenses depend on how quickly positions fill and how long before new hires become productive.

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

Estimated cost of turnover in Iowa, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasurePolice and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$76,280$75,472

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