Turnover Cost: Registered Nurses, Arkansas (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Registered Nurses · Arkansas, United States

$40,800 – $163,000estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $81,520 for Registered Nurses in Arkansas, 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 Arkansas, 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

Replacing a Registered Nurse in Arkansas begins with the annual mean wage of $81,520 in May 2025, per the Bureau of Labor Statistics. From there, the replacement cost ranges from $40,800 to $163,000, using SHRM's benchmark that turnover costs 50% to 200% of annual salary. Staffing speed, training intensity, and the productivity loss your team absorbs will determine where you land in that range.

Estimated cost of turnover: Registered Nurses vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Arkansas, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureRegistered NursesRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$81,520$69,554

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