Turnover Cost: Registered Nurses, Alaska (2025)

Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Registered Nurses population in Alaska, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).

Estimated cost of turnover

Registered Nurses · Alaska, United States

$57,400 – $229,700estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $114,870 for Registered Nurses in Alaska, 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 Registered Nurses compares in Alaska, 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

The annual mean wage for Registered Nurses in Alaska was $114,870 in May 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Replacing one nurse costs an estimated $57,400 to $229,700, calculated by applying SHRM's research (50% to 200% of annual salary) to that wage. The actual cost depends on hiring speed, training duration, and how much productivity your team loses during the gap.

Estimated cost of turnover: Registered Nurses vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Alaska, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureRegistered NursesRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$114,870$80,723

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