Turnover Cost: Registered Nurses, New York (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Registered Nurses · New York, United States

$56,700 – $226,900estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $113,440 for Registered Nurses in New York, 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 York, 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

New York's Registered Nurses earn an annual mean wage of $113,440 according to May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics data. The cost to replace one falls between $56,700 and $226,900 when applying Gallup's 50%-to-200% multiple to that wage. Actual replacement costs depend on time-to-hire, ramp-up duration, and lost productivity.

Estimated cost of turnover: Registered Nurses vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in New York, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureRegistered NursesRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$113,440$98,119

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