Turnover Cost: Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers, Rhode Island
Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers population in Rhode Island, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers · Rhode Island, United States
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $78,760 for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Rhode Island, 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 Rhode Island, United States
Annual mean wage — the input to the estimate above, compared directly rather than as a derived range. See all 33 industries.
What this means
Rhode Island reports an annual mean wage of $78,760 for its patrol officers according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Each departure triggers replacement costs of $39,400 to $157,500 using Gallup's framework. These are planning estimates; your actual cost depends on fill time, training speed, and how operations function while short-staffed.
Estimated cost of turnover: Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers vs regional average
| Measure | Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Estimated cost of turnover | $78,760 | $88,206 |