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

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

Estimated cost of turnover

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

$38,300 – $153,100estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $76,560 for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Wisconsin, 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 Wisconsin, United States

Annual mean wage — the input to the estimate above, compared directly rather than as a derived range. See all 32 industries.

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What this means

$76,560 is the annual mean wage for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Wisconsin, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Replacing one of these officers costs between $38,300 and $153,100, calculated by applying SHRM's 50% to 200% replacement-cost multiple to that wage. Actual costs vary based on how quickly the position fills, time to full productivity, and lost output during the vacancy.

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

Estimated cost of turnover in Wisconsin, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasurePolice and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$76,560$81,266

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