Turnover Cost: Registered Nurses, Colorado (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Registered Nurses · Colorado, United States

$49,700 – $198,700estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $99,370 for Registered Nurses in Colorado, 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 Colorado, 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

In Colorado, the annual mean wage for Registered Nurses was $99,370 in May 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The cost to replace one nurse ranges from $49,700 to $198,700, based on Gallup's 50% to 200% salary-multiple research. How quickly you hire, how thorough your training is, and the temporary output loss will push your cost toward one end of that range or the other.

Estimated cost of turnover: Registered Nurses vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Colorado, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureRegistered NursesRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$99,370$94,189

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