Turnover Cost: Registered Nurses, Georgia (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Registered Nurses · Georgia, United States

$47,500 – $190,200estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $95,080 for Registered Nurses in Georgia, 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 Georgia, 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

When a Registered Nurse leaves Georgia, you start calculating replacement cost from the annual mean wage of $95,080 in May 2025 (Bureau of Labor Statistics). The replacement cost ranges from $47,500 to $190,200, using SHRM's 50% to 200% of salary rule. Your actual replacement cost lands where it does based on how fast you hire, how thorough training is, and how much your nursing team covers the gap.

Estimated cost of turnover: Registered Nurses vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Georgia, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureRegistered NursesRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$95,080$83,454

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