Turnover Cost: Registered Nurses, Minnesota (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Registered Nurses · Minnesota, United States

$51,700 – $206,800estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $103,420 for Registered Nurses in Minnesota, 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 Minnesota, 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

Registered nurses in Minnesota earned an annual mean wage of $103,420 in May 2025, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Replacing one of them costs $51,700 to $206,800 when applying SHRM's cited 50% to 200% replacement-cost multiple to that wage. The actual expense depends on how quickly you fill the position, how long onboarding takes, and the revenue lost during the vacancy.

Estimated cost of turnover: Registered Nurses vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Minnesota, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureRegistered NursesRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$103,420$86,308

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