Turnover Cost: Registered Nurses, District of Columbia

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Registered Nurses · District of Columbia, United States

$53,500 – $214,000estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $106,980 for Registered Nurses in District of Columbia, 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 District of Columbia, 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

The District of Columbia reports an annual mean wage of $106,980 for Registered Nurses in May 2025 (Bureau of Labor Statistics). Losing a nurse to turnover means facing a replacement cost of $53,500 to $214,000, based on Gallup's 50% to 200% of salary rule. How quickly hiring happens, how intensive onboarding is, and how much your team absorbs will shape your actual cost.

Estimated cost of turnover: Registered Nurses vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in District of Columbia, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureRegistered NursesRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$106,980$99,584

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