Turnover Cost: Registered Nurses, Delaware (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Registered Nurses · Delaware, United States

$49,700 – $198,900estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $99,460 for Registered Nurses in Delaware, 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 Delaware, 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

Registered Nurses in Delaware earned an annual mean wage of $99,460 in May 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Replacing one nurse costs an estimated $49,700 to $198,900, using SHRM's replacement-cost benchmark of 50% to 200% of annual salary. Your specific cost depends on local hiring pace, training requirements, and the productivity your team absorbs in that gap.

Estimated cost of turnover: Registered Nurses vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Delaware, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureRegistered NursesRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$99,460$86,199

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