Turnover Cost: Registered Nurses, Virginia (2025)

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

Estimated cost of turnover

Registered Nurses · Virginia, United States

$46,900 – $187,700estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $93,850 for Registered Nurses in Virginia, 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 Virginia, 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

Calculating replacement costs for a registered nurse in Virginia begins with the annual mean wage of $93,850, per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Using SHRM's model that ties turnover to 50% to 200% of salary, the range is $46,900 to $187,700. Your specific cost depends on recruitment speed, training duration, and how the vacancy hits your operations.

Estimated cost of turnover: Registered Nurses vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Virginia, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureRegistered NursesRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$93,850$90,036

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