Turnover Cost: Registered Nurses, New Jersey (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Registered Nurses · New Jersey, United States

$55,100 – $220,200estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $110,100 for Registered Nurses in New Jersey, 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 New Jersey, 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

Among Registered Nurses in New Jersey, the annual mean wage is $110,100 according to May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Replacing one costs an estimated $55,100 to $220,200 by applying SHRM's 50%-to-200% salary estimate to that wage. Organizations typically see variation based on time-to-hire, training demands, and lost productivity.

Estimated cost of turnover: Registered Nurses vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in New Jersey, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureRegistered NursesRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$110,100$97,203

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