Turnover Cost: Registered Nurses, Iowa (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Registered Nurses · Iowa, United States

$40,300 – $161,100estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $80,540 for Registered Nurses in Iowa, 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 Iowa, 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

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports $80,540 as the annual mean wage for Registered Nurses in Iowa. Replacing a nurse at that salary costs an estimated $40,300 to $161,100 based on SHRM's 50% to 200% replacement-cost multiple. Your actual expense depends on vacancy duration, how long onboarding takes, and productivity losses during the transition.

Estimated cost of turnover: Registered Nurses vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Iowa, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureRegistered NursesRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$80,540$75,472

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