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

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

Estimated cost of turnover

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

$41,600 – $166,500estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $83,230 for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Massachusetts, 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 Massachusetts, 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

Officers working in Massachusetts earn an annual mean wage of $83,230, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' May 2025 data. Replacement costs range from $41,600 to $166,500, applying SHRM's 50% to 200% range to that wage. What agencies actually pay depends on how long it takes to fill the role.

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

Estimated cost of turnover in Massachusetts, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasurePolice and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$83,230$99,163

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