Turnover Cost: Registered Nurses, Missouri (2025)
Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Registered Nurses population in Missouri, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).
Registered Nurses · Missouri, United States
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $85,900 for Registered Nurses in Missouri, 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 Missouri, United States
Annual mean wage — the input to the estimate above, compared directly rather than as a derived range. See all 33 industries.
What this means
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Missouri's annual mean wage for Registered Nurses is $85,900 as of May 2025. Replacing one of them costs an estimated $43,000 to $171,800 by applying SHRM's estimate that replacement costs 50% to 200% of annual salary to that wage. Actual costs vary with recruitment time, training duration, and lost productivity.
Estimated cost of turnover: Registered Nurses vs regional average
| Measure | Registered Nurses | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Estimated cost of turnover | $85,900 | $75,771 |