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).

Estimated cost of turnover

Registered Nurses · Missouri, United States

$43,000 – $171,800estimated range, 2025-may

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.

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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

Estimated cost of turnover in Missouri, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureRegistered NursesRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$85,900$75,771