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

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

Estimated cost of turnover

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

$25,600 – $102,500estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $51,250 for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Louisiana, 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 Louisiana, United States

Annual mean wage — the input to the estimate above, compared directly rather than as a derived range. See all 31 industries.

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What this means

Louisiana's officers face an annual mean wage of $51,250, per Bureau of Labor Statistics figures from May 2025. Replacing one triggers costs between $25,600 and $102,500, applying SHRM's 50% to 200% range to that wage. Real expenses depend on local labor market conditions and training requirements.

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

Estimated cost of turnover in Louisiana, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasurePolice and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$51,250$68,213

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