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

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

Estimated cost of turnover

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

$37,600 – $150,300estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $75,130 for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Indiana, 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 Indiana, United States

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What this means

Losing an officer in Indiana means replacing someone with an annual mean wage of $75,130 as of May 2025, per the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The replacement cost is $37,600 to $150,300, applying SHRM's 50% to 200% range to that wage. What agencies spend depends on hiring speed and how fast new hires become operational.

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

Estimated cost of turnover in Indiana, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasurePolice and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$75,130$77,785

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