Turnover Cost: Registered Nurses, Tennessee (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Registered Nurses · Tennessee, United States

$42,700 – $170,800estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $85,390 for Registered Nurses in Tennessee, 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 Tennessee, United States

Annual mean wage — the input to the estimate above, compared directly rather than as a derived range. See all 32 industries.

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What this means

The base compensation for Tennessee's registered nurses starts at an annual mean wage of $85,390, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Turnover for one position costs an estimated $42,700 to $170,800 when you apply SHRM's 50% to 200% salary replacement model. Your organization's actual expense depends on hiring speed, training duration, and the business impact of the vacancy.

Estimated cost of turnover: Registered Nurses vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Tennessee, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureRegistered NursesRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$85,390$77,144

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